Point Pedro Hospital

Point Pedro Hospital
Ministry of Health, Northern Province
Map
Geography
LocationPoint Pedro, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates9°48′19.10″N 80°13′27.70″E / 9.8053056°N 80.2243611°E / 9.8053056; 80.2243611
Organisation
Care systemPublic
FundingGovernment hospital
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds264
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ListsHospitals in Sri Lanka

Point Pedro Hospital is a government hospital in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 264 beds.[1] The hospital is sometimes called Point Pedro Base Hospital.

As well as general medical and surgical care the hospital provides a wide variety of healthcare services including diabetic, dentistry, dermatology, family planning, gynaecology, obstetrics (ante-natal), oncology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, psychiatry and tuberculosis.[2] The hospital also has an emergency department, a physiotherapy unit, an x-ray unit and a blood bank service.[3]

In 2010 the hospital had 16,979 in-patient admissions, 141,939 out-patient visits and 67,111 clinic visits.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Under Line Ministry Beds 2010" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  2. ^ a b "2010 Statistics" (PDF). Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-31.
  3. ^ "Base Hospital Point Pedro". Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31.


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