Sri Lanka and China signed a contract in the kidney hospital

Colombo, June 7: A contract for kidney patients in the North Central province of Sri Lanka and the island of China was made to build a hospital. The National Nephrology Hospital at Polonnaruwa is to be built under a donation of the Chinese government at the request of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Xinhua news agency reported.

Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Ministry official Janaka Sri Chandraguptha signed the MoU on Tuesday with a Chinese diplomat, Yang Zuoyuan. President Sirisena was present at the ceremony. The hospital will have 200 beds, 100 blood dialysis machines and a modern surgery complex. The facility will cover Polonnaruwa and surrounding areas like Trincomalee, Hambantota and Kandy. The construction will begin before October this year. It will be completed by the end of 2020.