Ashraff Memorial Hospital

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Ashraff Memorial Hospital
Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
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Ashraff Memorial Hospital
Geography
LocationMain Street, Kalmunai, Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates 7°24′12.70″N81°49′51.80″E / 7.4035278°N 81.8310556°E / 7.4035278; 81.8310556 Coordinates: 7°24′12.70″N81°49′51.80″E / 7.4035278°N 81.8310556°E / 7.4035278; 81.8310556
Organisation
Care system Public
Funding Government hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds310
Links
Website amhkalmunai.org
Lists Hospitals in Sri Lanka

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.

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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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References

  1. "Under Line Ministry Beds 2010" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "AMH - History". Ashraff Memorial Hospital.[ permanent dead link ]