People’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC) affiliated to the People’s Bank recently engaged in two outreach CSR initiative towards the upliftment of the early childhood development by improving the quality of pediatric patient care at two leading hospitals in Colombo including the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children and the De Soysa Hospital for Women in Colombo.
The Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) is the largest children hospital in Asia in terms of bed capacity and PLC refurbished the Accident & Emergency Service and the Auditorium of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children. Laksanda Gunawardena, DGM (Marketing) from People’s Leasing and Dr. Ajith Dantanarayana Director- LRH graced the occasion.
Vajira Ramanayake Chief Manager-Marketing and representatives of CSR team participated from PLC. Representing the LRH also participated Dr. Dulani Amarasinghe (Medical officer in-charge – Accident Services), V.S.Rathnayake (Sister in-charge of Accident Services) and Ajith Susantha (In-charge of the Auditorium).
Dr. Ajith Danthanarayana stated that the emergency unit of the hospital t treats over 150 children on a daily basis and is supported by the government and the private sectors to provide better services. “We welcome the support of the private sector to improve the patient care and PLC came forward without any hesitation to support the noble cause,” he added.
Emergency Unit’s Sister in-charge, V.S. Rathnayake said, “Around 150 children are being brought daily to Accident Services and around 40 of them are admitted to Ward 13 for further treatment. PLC did a remarkable job to improve patient care in our section.”
PLC also refurbished the leading women’s hospital in Colombo, De Soysa Hospital for Women. Presentation of a brand new three-wheeler to transport blood samples, urgently required medicines, presentation of two air-conditioners to the labour room of Ward 05 and providing partition curtains for Ward 15 and its labour room took place in the presence of the former Director of the De Soysa Hospital, Dr. Sugath K Dharmaratne.
Dr. Sagarika Kiriwandeniya who is the present Directress of De Soysa Hospital for Women commenting on the presentation made by PLC said, “Sri Lanka is a country that offers free medical service to general public at a huge cost. Hence, we value private sector assistance. PLC did a great contribution to enhance our patient care. May PLC have strength to continue this kind of CSR initiatives.’
Laksanda Gunawardena, DGM Marketing of PLC said, PLC is an organization which is dedicated to enhance the status and social wellbeing of people of the country as a responsible corporate citizen.
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