Sri Lanka, China sign MoU on constructing kidney hospital
07-Jun-17, Xinhua Net
Sri Lanka and China have signed an MoU to construct a hospital for kidney patients in North Central Sri Lanka. The National Nephrology Hospital in Polonnaruwa is to be built under a donation of the Chinese government.
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The hospital will consist of 200 beds, 100 blood dialysis machines and modern surgery complex.
Chronic kidney diseases have for years been killing thousands of farmers in North Central Sri Lanka. The kidney hospital will be able to treat 200,000 outpatients and 20,000 inpatients annually.