Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital To Be Developed As Eastern Colombo Teaching Hospital

The Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital in Malabe(SAITM) taken over by the Government recently is due to be developed as Eastern Colombo Teaching Hospital in future according to the Ministry Of Health.

The Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital has begun providing treatment facilities free of charge to the patients through  OPD Clinics in the Hospital  with effect from today(01) and by 12 noon today around 100 patients have received the treatment from Clinics according to the Ministry.The medicine for Clinic patients too provided free of charge it has been reported.

The 600 bed Hospital is running through a Board chaired by former Director General of Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis .