SriLankan Cares conducts medical camp in Bopaththalawa

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SriLankan Cares partnered with Liquid Island Ltd. recently and organised a medical camp at Bopaththalawa Sinhala Vidyalaya in Nuwara Eliya to provide complimentary medical care for disadvantaged students and local communities.

The Corporate Social Responsibility arm of SriLankan Airlines regularly works to improve the wellbeing of impoverished children and communities with the generous donations of staff members and partner organisations.

Bopaththalawa Sinhala Vidyalaya has been identified as a rural school with minimum facilities in the Central Province. The school currently offers education to 80 students from Grades 1 to 11 or G.C.E. Ordinary Level and employs 10 teachers. All students at the school are from local families including in the farming community and are greatly underprivileged in every aspect. The students and their families have limited access to healthcare facilities, with the nearest hospital located roughly 20 kilometres from their residential area.

The SriLankan Cares’ medical camp offered doctor consultations and medicine to over 120 patients free of charge with the help of a team of three physicians and two registered nurses. The successful completion of the camp is a demonstration of SriLankan Cares’ continued commitment to lend a hand to those who need it the most.