North Western Naval Command conducts Field Medical Clinic in Mannar

As part of the Sri Lanka Navy’s community development and social responsibility project, the North Western Naval Command conducted field health clinic on 14^th May 2014 at the Roman Cathollic Church at Velankanni in Uchchamunai Island. The clinic was organized under the patronage of Commander North Western Naval Area, Rear Admiral Dayananda Nanayakkara.

The field health clinic was conducted by the medical staff of the North Western Naval Hospital and volunteer medical professional team including Medical Officer Health, Biyagama to uplift the living standards and medical facilities of the civilian community in the area. A large number of people of the Uchchamunai Island are benefitted from the clinic.

They were treated for communicable, non-communicable, oral, childhood, surgical and skin diseases as well as old age and women health problems at the primary family health care level. All investigations, medicines and nutritional supplements were provided to the patients free of charge.

Thriposha Lanka (Ltd), Astro Pharmaceutical, Nestle Lanka PLC and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Ltd provided the medicines and nutritional supplements for this field Health clinic.