Point Pedro Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Ministry of Health, Northern Province |
Location: | Point Pedro |
Region: | Jaffna District |
State: | Northern Province |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Address: | Point Pedro |
Healthcare: | Public |
Funding: | Government |
Emergency: | Yes |
Beds: | 264 |
Point Pedro Hospital is a government hospital in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 264 beds.[1] The hospital is sometimes called Point Pedro Base Hospital.
As well as general medical and surgical care the hospital provides a wide variety of healthcare services including diabetic, dentistry, dermatology, family planning, gynaecology, obstetrics (ante-natal), oncology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, psychiatry and tuberculosis.[2] The hospital also has an emergency department, a physiotherapy unit, an x-ray unit and a blood bank service.[3]
In 2010 the hospital had 16,979 in-patient admissions, 141,939 out-patient visits and 67,111 clinic visits.[2]