Kayts Hospital

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Kayts Hospital
Ministry of Health, Northern Province
Geography
Location Kayts, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates 9°41′36.20″N79°52′05.30″E / 9.6933889°N 79.8681389°E / 9.6933889; 79.8681389 Coordinates: 9°41′36.20″N79°52′05.30″E / 9.6933889°N 79.8681389°E / 9.6933889; 79.8681389
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Care system Public
Funding Government hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds59
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Kayts Hospital is a government hospital in Kayts, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 59 beds. [1] The hospital is sometimes called Kayts Base Hospital or Kayts District Hospital.

As well as general medical care the hospital provides a wide variety of healthcare services including diabetic, dentistry, family planning, obstetrics (ante-natal). [2] The hospital also has an emergency department and a pathological laboratory. [3]

In 2010 the hospital had 2,963 in-patient admissions, 35,383 out-patient visits and 8,328 clinic visits. [2]

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References

  1. "Under Line Ministry Beds 2010" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 "2010 Statistics" (PDF). Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-31.
  3. "Base Hospital Kayts". Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-08-24.