Ashraff Memorial Hospital

Hospital in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

7°24′12.70″N 81°49′51.80″E / 7.4035278°N 81.8310556°E / 7.4035278; 81.8310556OrganisationCare systemPublicFundingGovernment hospitalServicesEmergency departmentYesBeds310LinksWebsiteamhkalmunai.orgListsHospitals in Sri Lanka

Ashraff Memorial Hospital is a government hospital in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the central government in Colombo. As of 2010 it had 310 beds.^[1] The hospital is sometimes called Kalmunai South Base Hospital or Kalmunai South Hospital.

History

Kalmunakudi Central Dispensary was founded in the 1940s.^[2] The dispensary was relocated to Kalmunai in 1988 and converted into a Central Dispensary and a Maternity Home.^[2] The hospital was upgraded to a Peripheral Unit in 1995, District Hospital in 1996 and Base Hospital in 1999.^[2] Kalmunai South Base Hospital was renamed Ashraff Memorial Hospital in 2002 in memory of M. H. M. Ashraff, a leading politician from the area.^[2] In 2002 the hospital was taken over by the central government in Colombo - it had previously been controlled by the provincial government in Trincomalee.^[2]

References

^ "Under Line Ministry Beds 2010" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "AMH - History". Ashraff Memorial Hospital.^{[permanent dead link]}