India donates medicine to Kilinochchi hospital

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 12:38 GMT]
India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Ms Nirupama Rao, handed over boxes of medicines to for urgent use in Kilinochchi hospital at a simple event held at the Indian Embassy in Colombo, a press release by the Information section of the Indian Embassy said.



Full text of the release follows:

DONATION OF URGENTLY NEEDED MEDICINES TO DISTRICT HOSPITAL KILINOCHCHI BY INDIA

In a simple function held at the High Commission of India, High Commissioner Mrs. Nirupama Rao handed over urgently required medicines for use at the Kilinochchi District Hospital .

The medicines were received by Dr. H.A.P. Kahandaliyanage, Director General of Health Services and Dr. V. Jeganathan, Consultant, North East Health Care-Development. Dr. T. Sathiyamoorthy, Deputy Provincial Director of Health Services Kilinochchi was also present.

The medicines will help alleviate a current shortage at the hospital, thus benefiting the people living in Kilinochchi district.