Lanka Hospitals records 27% top line growth for March quarter

30 May 2022 12:00 am Views - 97

Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC, the internationally accredited, multiple award-winning healthcare provider, concluded yet another successful quarter by recording strong performance with an impressive growth in its turnover and further strengthening the group’s financial position in the quarter ended on March 31, 2022. 

The hospital group recorded Rs.2.8 billion in turnover, compared to Rs.2.2 billion recorded in the first quarter of the previous year. This reflects a 27 percent growth on the top line in a tightly competitive market amidst many challenges. In the company’s announcement to the stock exchange, it stated that the company has recorded a PAT of Rs.1.5 billion, inclusive of an operational profit of Rs.550 million and Rs.1.1 billion in finance income and exchange gains. The increase in operational profit reflects a 52 percent profit growth in 2022 relative to the profit reported in the same period in 2021. The group’s net assets have grown by Rs.1.4 billion within the first quarter of 2022. 

Lanka Hospitals Group Chairman Vidya Jyothi Dr. Bandula Wijesiriwardena commenting on the company’s performance stated, “I am very pleased with the continued performance of the company and I am confident that the Lanka Hospitals group will employ all measures necessary to provide healthcare services to the public at an affordable cost.” 

Group Chief Executive Deepthi Lokuarachchi stated, “A clear management focus and the untiring efforts of consultants, medical, non-medical and laboratory staff of the hospital group paved the way for this excellence in performance.  Service quality differentiation will be the key driver in positioning the hospital as the most esteemed hospital in the private hospital industry,” Lokuarachchi stated. 

This year, Lanka Hospitals was named as the Most Awarded and Most Loved Healthcare Brand in Sri Lanka by LMD and Brands Finance.