Ashraff Memorial Hospital Explained

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.

History

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Under Line Ministry Beds 2010. Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. 2011-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927000434/http://203.94.76.60/nihs/BEDS/Line%20Beds%2010.pdf. 2011-09-27. dead.
  2. Web site: AMH - History . Ashraff Memorial Hospital .