ComBank staff donates life-saving equipment to Teldeniya Base Hospital

The District Base Hospital Teldeniya, currently a designated COVID-19 Treatment Centre, received essential medical equipment from a collection of a day’s salary spearheaded by the Association of Commercial Bank Executives (ACBE) to support worthy causes related to the pandemic.

The donation included two Video Laryngoscopes to be deployed at the Express Treatment Unit and Intensive Care Unit of the hospital and 10 Multipara Monitors.

“The hospital was in critical need of Laryngoscopes which are highly useful during difficult intubation of patients. The equipment will help us deliver efficient treatment beyond just the current pandemic situation,” commented Dr Saman Rathnayake, Director of the National Hospital in Kandy under whose purview the Base Hospital operates.

Many staff members of the Bank representing Corporate Management, Middle Management, and Executive and Non-Executive grades of staff contributed towards the collection of approximately Rs 5.84 million. ACBE also plans to support other hospitals at the forefront of fighting the pandemic as a tribute to the Sri Lankan healthcare sector that has successfully managed a challenging situation and averted a crisis, the Bank said.

The vital medical equipment was officially presented to the Director of the National Hospital Kandy at a ceremony attended by the Bank’s Chief Operating Officer Sanath Manatunge and members of the Corporate Management. Speaking at the ceremony, Manatunge thanked the local healthcare sector for its dedication and untiring service and appreciated the generous contribution of the Commercial Bank family.