Point Pedro Hospital

Point Pedro Hospital
Ministry of Health, Northern Province
Geography
Location Point Pedro, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Organisation
Care system Public
Funding Government hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 264
Links
Lists Hospitals 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.
  2. 1 2 "2010 Statistics" (PDF). Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services.
  3. "Base Hospital Point Pedro". Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services.
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