Lanka Hospitals donates Rs. 10 m to ‘Itukama’ COVID-19 fund

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From left: Lanka Hospitals Corporation Group Chief Executive Officer Deepthi Lokuarachchi handing over the cheque to Additional Secretary to the President and Chief of Staff Retired Major General K.B. Egodawele

Lanka Hospitals, the internationally-accredited multiple award-winning healthcare provider made a generous donation of Rs. 10 million to the ‘Itukama’ COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund recently. The Itukama is a fund-raising initiative to support and strengthen the fight against the spread of COVID-19 and COVID-19 related social welfare programs.

“The Itukama project is a national initiative that supports those that are in the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19. This includes the health workers who continue to place other people’s lives above their own during these challenging times. We have witnessed this first-hand and we believe now is a time for us to show our gratitude and support to all those who are fighting on our behalf to beat the COVID-19 pandemic,” Lanka Hospitals Group Chief Executive Officer Deepthi Lokuarachchi stated.

Lanka Hospitals is the first hospital in Sri Lanka to be awarded with some of the most prestigious accreditations in the world for its healthcare service standards including the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation seventh edition and the world-respected Medical Tourism Certification from the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA). Furthermore, Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics (LHD) is the only Sri Lankan laboratory to be accredited by the prestigious laboratory accreditation body, The College of American Pathologists (CAP).