Nawaloka Hospital Explained

Nawaloka Hospitals PLC
Type:Public
Industry:Healthcare
Founder:Deshamanya H. K. Dharmadasa
Hq Location:Deshamanya, 23 H K Dharmadasa Mawatha
Hq Location City:Colombo
Hq Location Country:Sri Lanka
Revenue: LKR11.828 billion
Revenue Year:2020/21
Operating Income: LKR347.1 million
Income Year:2020/21
Net Income: LKR501.3 million
Net Income Year:2020/21
Assets: LKR18.713 billion
Assets Year:2020/21
Equity: LKR4.099 billion
Equity Year:2020/21
Num Employees:2,754
Num Employees Year:2020/21
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Nawaloka Hospital, traded as Nawaloka Hospitals PLC, was established in 1985 by Deshamanya H. K. Dharmadasa. Nawaloka Hospital is one of Sri Lanka's largest private hospitals and has created a chain of hospitals across the country. It was founded by H.K. Dharmadasa in 1985. It is also the first hospital in Sri Lanka to introduce Intensive Care Units, Coronary Care Units, Laparoscopic Surgery and Thoracic Surgery.

History

It was founded by business magnate H.K. Dharmadasa (aka Nawaloka Mudalai) in 1985 as the first corporate private hospital in Sri Lanka. Nawaloka Hospital Group was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2004. The hospital has more than 400 beds and 1,000 staff members. In 2011 Nawaloka was awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification. In 1987 introduced first CT scan and MRI scan in Sri Lanka. Nawaloka Hospital won the first Sri Lanka quality award in 1998.[2]

Services

Nawaloka Medical Centres

Nawaloka controls 10 medical centre network island wide. Nawaloka launch SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing after approved Sri Lankan Government.[3]

Nawaloka Pharmacy

Nawaloka a division of Nawaloka Pharmacy PLC, is a branded pharmacy network in Sri Lanka.

Awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Report 2020/21 . cse.lk . Nawaloka Hospitals PLC . 22 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Nawaloka Hospital 2017-18 Annual Report . 11, 15. . May 23, 2018.
  3. Web site: 2020-04-29. Sri Lanka private hospitals to give Coronvirus testing capacity to government. 2021-05-11. EconomyNext. en.
  4. Web site: Dr. Jayantha Dharmadasa honoured with the prestigious Public Service Star Award of Singapore Daily FT. 2021-05-11. www.ft.lk. English.
  5. News: Nawaloka Hospitals awarded 5th consecutive 5 Crown Award for Food Hygiene . 22 June 2022 . adaderana.lk . Ada Derana . 17 January 2020.