Amelie and Daniel Linsey Foundation donate equipment worth over US$ 200,000 to National Hospital

Representatives of Medical Bridges, Amelie and Daniel Linsey Foundation and Capital Trust Properties at the arrival of the shipment

Texas based non-profit organization Medical Bridges, together with Amelie and Daniel Linsey Foundation and Capital Trust Properties recently coordinated a donation worth over US$ 200,000 of essential medical equipment for patients affected by Covid-19 and other illnesses at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. The 40-foot container arrived in the Port of Colombo on the 27th September 2022 and was received by the officials of the Ministry of Health and transported to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka - the largest public hospital in Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan government has a free and universal health care system for all its citizens and an extensive network of public hospitals nationwide. Being severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented economic and political crisis, the public health care system is in dire need of medical equipment and essential drugs.

Minoli Wickramasinghe, Managing Director of Capital Trust Properties shared her thoughts on the donation. “While such donations immensely enhance the quality of the health care offered to the valued citizens of our nation, it is not a sustainable solution. 

The need is to fundamentally change the operational model of the National Hospitals to ensure transparent and efficient systems where resources are optimized, thus uplifting the medical standards of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka and all other government Hhospitals nationwide. We are determined to ensure that this is the first of many future efforts to sustainably improve the public health care system of Sri Lanka.”