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99x Technology donates medical equipment worth Rs. 4.5mn to Kalubowila and Wathupitiwala Hospitals
Chairman of 99x Technology, Dag Honningsvåg, met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Norway, Godfrey Cooray, Minister Counsellor Nilanthini Arulpiragasam and the staff of the embassy to discuss urgent medical needs donated to the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital and Wathupitiwala Base Hospital.
99x Technology provided more than 190,000 NOK worth of medical equipment to both hospitals.
Kalubowila Hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU) was given medical equipment worth NOK 46,250 by way of Intermittent pneumatic compressor devices (two units) and portable suction apparatus devices (three units), two intermittent pneumatic compressor devices (NOK 24,500) and a three portable suction apparatus devices (NOK 21,750).
Wathupitiwala Base Hospital was provided a container-based facility to set up a PCR testing lab at a cost of NOK 145,500. This involved sourcing and fitting-out two 40-feet container units, complete with partitioning and air-conditioning.
The donation of the medical equipment and PCR lab was initiated by Ambassador Cooray in collaboration with 99x Chairman Honningsvåg.
99x Technology, founded in 2000, is a niche software product engineering company based in Sri Lanka with offices in Norway and Australia. With full stack product engineers, the company is a lifecycle solutions provider, generating long term recurring revenues.
The firm’s key value lies in its understanding of the Nordic market, a unique product engineering methodology, high quality delivery process and a team of experienced product engineers. 99x Technology has developed over 175 software products impacting millions of people across the globe.
More than 300 Sri Lankan Software Engineers from Moratuwa University and the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) are based in the company in Sri Lanka. 99x Technology is one of Asia’s highest ranked workplaces, ensuring optimum customer satisfaction.
The company has won plaudits for best workplaces for women 2019, best workplaces in Sri Lanka 2019 and Asia’s best workplaces amongst SME’s. 99x caters to multiple sectors such as healthcare, automotive, energy, travel and tourism, government and several industries in the Nordic Region so far.
The team 99x will continue to identify and support relief efforts in Sri Lanka.
In the wake of prevailing inclement weather in several areas in the Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces, the Sri Lanka Navy on 04th June 2023 mobilized 04 relief teams to Bulathsinhala, Baduraliya, Lathpandura and Kalawana areas to extend flood relief to affected communities.
As a result, the Navy relief teams were able to assist a group of school children who were stranded in the Lathpandura area of Baduraliya, Kalutara district, due to flash floods and provided a boat service to transport the students who were scheduled to sit for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination.
The Pakistan Naval Ship (PNS) Shahjahan which arrived in Colombo on 02nd June 2023 on a two-day official visit, departed the island on 04th June 2023.
By Priyan de Silva
The Election Commission (ECSL) has opposed a move by the government to appoint representatives of the Chairpersons of the Regional Development Committee to monitor local government institutions.
ECSL Chairman Nimal G. Punchihewa told The Island that the government had informed the ECSL of its plan to appoint representatives of the Chairpersons of the Regional Development Committee to monitor the local government bodies and the ECSL had decided to write to the Ministry of Local Government opposing the move, he said. A Chairman of a regional development committee ESD a representative of a particular political party and it would be unfair by other parties for such appointments to be made, the EC Chairman said.
Punchihewa said that the administration of local government institutions could be done through Municipal Commissioners and Divisional Secretaries.Many political parties had complained against the government move, he said.
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