Ashraff Memorial Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka |
Location: | Main Street, Kalmunai |
Region: | Ampara District |
State: | Eastern Province |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Address: | Kalmunai |
Healthcare: | Public |
Funding: | Government |
Emergency: | Yes |
Beds: | 310 |
Website: | amhkalmunai.org |
Ashraff Memorial Hospital is a government hospital in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the central government in Colombo. As of 2010 it had 310 beds.[1] The hospital is sometimes called Kalmunai South Base Hospital or Kalmunai South Hospital.
Kalmunakudi Central Dispensary was founded in the 1940s.[2] The dispensary was relocated to Kalmunai in 1988 and converted into a Central Dispensary and a Maternity Home.[2] The hospital was upgraded to a Peripheral Unit in 1995, District Hospital in 1996 and Base Hospital in 1999.[2] Kalmunai South Base Hospital was renamed Ashraff Memorial Hospital in 2002 in memory of M. H. M. Ashraff, a leading politician from the area.[2] In 2002 the hospital was taken over by the central government in Colombo - it had previously been controlled by the provincial government in Trincomalee.[2]