MAS Holdings and its associates honoured their pledge to support the ‘Little Hearts’ project of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital, by raising funds to upgrade its infrastructure in cardiac care, towards its ongoing national healthcare efforts
In 2019, at the request of the Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians, MAS embarked on internally raising funds for the ‘Little Hearts’ project, where the hospital requested the company’s assistance to raise Rs. 100 Mn towards the construction of a Cardiac and Critical Care Complex in aid of children with heart diseases and critical illnesses, with construction being carried out by the Civil Engineering Division of the Sri Lanka Navy. The company was able to successfully raise over Rs 130 Mn through donations by both MAS employees and an equal-value contribution from the company.
The hospital superstructure construction commenced in 2020, with funding from the Little Hearts project, alongside the Sri Lankan government’s backing. The Cardiac and Critical Care Complex is a twelve-story hospital wing with 9 floors of the structure having been completed to date.
Lady Ridgeway Hospital further requested support from MAS towards the purchase of a high-end echocardiography machine which costs Rs. 18 million.
Commenting on their efforts, Director- MAS Holdings, Ajay Amalean stated “We are honoured to be able to support the Little Hearts project. Social stewardship is part of our core corporate ethos, and this further showcases the importance MAS places on supporting our nation and our people. We encourage local companies to step forward in supporting the Little Hearts project, ensuring that this shared effort creates significant value for the nation and enhances the quality of our healthcare for children”.
Commenting on the project, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist and the project director of Little Hearts, Dr Duminda Samarasinghe stated, “We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to MAS Holdings for their efforts towards supporting us. Every day, we lose around 8 children in Sri Lanka due to Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) or critical illnesses and most of them can be saved with the improvement of facilities. If all other corporations in Sri Lanka could think like MAS and support us to complete this building and help us purchase the best possible equipment like the echocardiography machine, we can make most of these children live.”
The construction of Cardiac and Critical Care Complex.
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