Japan provides JPY 500 million medical grant to Sri Lanka

 

Japan has provided JPY 500 million worth of modern Japanese medical equipment to Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital to strengthen the hospital capabilities to combat Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and enhance the social and humanitarian development in Sri Lanka, which has been highly affected due to present dire economic conditions. 

Augmenting the historical relationship, Japan will provide latest equipment such as CT angiography, catheter surgical equipment, transplantation devices, ophthalmology equipment, as well as establishing the new dental ward, to enhance treatment and surgical capabilities for NCDs including cancer, stroke, and diabetes, while reducing the rate of blindness and caries in Sri Lanka. 

“We hope this assistance will improve diagnosis and treatment of NCDs and help reduce related mortality and incidence in Sri Lanka, especially in the Western Province, the embassy said further. The statement read that Japan remain committed to help overcome this economic crisis together as a long-standing development partner of Sri Lanka.