The Kalubowila Teaching Hospital today (30) unveiled a newly established Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab), Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA Unit), and Lithotripsy Unit under a Rs. 555 million investment, marking another milestone in Sri Lanka’s drive to modernize its free healthcare system with advanced technology.

Speaking at the opening, Minister of Health Nalinda Jayatissa said that the government hospital network will expand its Cath Lab capacity to 26 units by the end of this year. 

Currently, 10 units are in operation, with 16 more to be added across major hospitals nationwide. Four new Cath Labs are expected to be commissioned within this week, aimed at reducing waiting lists and providing timely treatment.

The Minister noted that Rs. 3,103 million will be spent to increase Cath Lab facilities, with funding from the Treasury, the Asian Development Bank, and the JICA concessionary loan project. 

Units are planned for Colombo, Kandy, and Galle national hospitals, as well as Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Badulla, Ratnapura, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, and Jaffna.

Highlighting demographic pressures, Dr. Jayatissa pointed out that Colombo and Gampaha districts together house 4.8 million people, creating a relative shortage of tertiary‑level hospitals compared to demand. 

He stressed the need for additional tertiary hospitals in Colombo under future national plans. (Newswire)

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The Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila is reportedly facing a crisis with unclaimed bodies handed over by the Sri Lanka Police, it has been reported.

According to the Sunday Times, the hospital is in possession of 28 unclaimed bodies which have been at the hospital’s morgue over the last 14 months.

The Hospital’s Director Dr Sagari Kiriwandeniya stated that the hospital has a capacity of 36 drawers out of which 28 bodies are unclaimed bodies submitted by the police.

Dr Sagari Kiriwandeniya stated that as a result there are only 08 drawers left for those who die in the hospital.

Stating that the hospital is facing an issue of exceeding its capacity to store bodies, he said this was due to the Police failing to produce the next-of-kin of the deceased.

Dr Sagari Kiriwandeniya said, thereby, a decision has been taken to halt the accepting of unclaimed bodies from outside handed over by the Sri Lanka Police. (NewsWire)

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