Hemas Hospitals responds to national medical emergency
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From left – Dr. Malith Athapattu, GM Quality and Head of Medical Services Hemas Hospitals; Sanath Dassanayake, Head of Supply Chain and Lean Transformation Hemas Hospitals and Dr. Lakith Peiris, MD of Hemas Hospitals Chain handing over essential medical consumables to Dr. Saman Kumara, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician of Castle Street Hospital.
Responding to a desperate plea by the medical fraternity, Hemas Hospitals has donated 500 Endotracheal (ET) tubes to the neo-natal unit of the Castle Street Hospital for Women. The gesture was in immediate response to a recorded voice message in circulation by Dr. Saman Kumara, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician of Castle Street Hospital, appealing for ET tubes which he said was critical in ventilating newborn babies and fast becoming unavailable due to the current economic and political situation in the country.
Dr. Kumara explained that the situation has become life-threatening now. The hospital is compelled to re-use disposable ET tubes and ventilator circuits, which he emphasised, is not an acceptable standard, Hemas said in a media release.
While handing over the devices to Castle Street Hospital, Dr. Lakith Peiris, Managing Director of Hemas Hospitals said: “As a responsible healthcare institution, we felt it was our priority and fundamental obligation to immediately attend to this medical emergency. We recognised the dire need of Castle Street hospital and the vital role that national hospitals play to communities. Any disruption of essential supply lines becomes a matter of life and death and must be addressed immediately, and it is in that mindset that we at Hemas felt it was our absolute responsibility to provide the vital ET tubes that are becoming overwhelmingly scarce”.
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