Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Kilinochchi hospital opens
(Daily news Thursday December 10, 2009)

Kilinochchi District Hospital damaged by the fleeing LTTE was reequipped, renovated and opened for the public last Friday by the Northern Province Governor G.A. Chandrasiri, official sources of the North said. The hospital once a well equipped one with all medical, surgical equipment and supplies was badly damaged by the terrorists and they had taken away vital drugs and equipment when they fled sources said. The hospital now has a maternity ward, OPD, dental clinic and a unit for wound dressing.
An Anti-Malaria Campaign Unit was also opened at Kilinochchi by the Governor who said steps were being taken to provide high quality medical services for the people of the North under the Vaddikin Vasantham rehabilitation and resettlement program of the North implemented by the Presidential Special Task Force led by Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP.