Vanni Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern province. The district currently elects 6 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 253,058 registered electors in 2014.
Kiddinan Sivanesan was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament. He was killed by a roadside bomb alleged to have been placed by the Sri Lanka Army's Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol.
Jaffna Teaching Hospital is a government hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in the Northern Province and the only hospital in the province controlled by the central government in Colombo. The hospital is the only teaching hospital in the Northern Province. The hospital is the main clinical teaching facility for the University of Jaffna's Faculty of Medicine. As of 2010 it had 1,228 beds.
Vavuniya Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Vavuniya in Vavuniya District, Northern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Vavuniya electoral district was replaced by the Vanni multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Vavuniya continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Trincomalee Hospital is a government hospital in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in Trincomalee District and is controlled by the provincial government in Trincomalee. As of 2010 it had 379 beds. The hospital is sometimes called Trincomalee General Hospital or Trincomalee District General Hospital.
Mannar Hospital is a government hospital in Mannar, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in Mannar District and is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 350 beds. The hospital is sometimes called Mannar District General Hospital or Mannar Base Hospital.
Kilinochchi General Hospital is a government hospital in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in Kilinochchi District and is managed by the health ministry northern provincial government. As of 2010 it had 110 beds. The hospital is sometimes called Kilinochchi District General Hospital.
Tellippalai Hospital is a government hospital in Tellippalai, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 102 beds. The hospital is sometimes called Tellippalai Base Hospital or Tellippalai District Hospital.
Ampara Hospital is a government hospital in Ampara, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the central government in Colombo. As of 2010 it had 476 beds. The hospital is sometimes called Ampara General Hospital or Ampara District General Hospital.
Kanthar Thamotharampillai Linganathan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
Sivapragasam Sivamohan is a Sri Lankan Tamil physician, politician and Member of Parliament.
Kanapathipillai Cathiravelpillai Logeswaran is a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the 10th Governor of North Western Province having assumed office on 12 April 2018.
Rasamanohari Pulendran was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and state minister.
The National Hospital of Sri Lanka is a government hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Founded in 1864 as the General Hospital, it is the leading hospital in Sri Lanka and is controlled by the central government. As of 2010 it had 3,246 beds. The hospital has 18 intensive care units and 21 operating theaters. It employs 7,500 staff of which 1,500 are doctors. The hospital carries out 5,000 major and minor surgeries each month and treats over two million out patients a year. Situated on a 36-acre site, it includes the Dental Institute, Maligawatte Kidney Hospital, Nurse's Training School, Post Basic Nurse's Training School, School of Eco Cardiograph, School of Physiotherapy, School of Radiography and the University of Colombo's Faculty of Medicine.
