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Pannipitiya Private Hospital honoured with Flame Award

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President Maithripala Sirisena presented the award to Pannipitiya Private Hospital Chairman and Managing Director Dr.  Ananda Kuruppuarachchi at the ceremony.

Pannipitiya Private Hospital, one of Sri Lanka’s highly famed and top rated private hospitals was honoured with an Excellence Award in the Health and Hotel category at the Flame -2016 Entrepreneur Awards held at the Galle Face Hotel Colombo recently.


The chief guest of the awards ceremony, President Maithripala Sirisena presented the award to Pannipitiya Private Hospital Chairman and Managing Director Dr.  Ananda Kuruppuarachchi at the ceremony.


Flame -2016 Entrepreneur Awards which was organized by the Western Provincial Council for adjudging the winner for the Health and Hospital category had conducted a comprehensive survey using several criteria which included hospital service and quality. 
Pannipitiya Private Hospital was the only hospital which managed to secure the excellence award which is a unique achievement.


Pannipitiya Private Hospital Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Ananda Kuruppuarachchi commenting on the victory said, “This Excellence award will be a mighty boost for the ‘forward march’ of the hospital which has for two decades provided a high quality service for very reasonable charges to its patients. With the help of this tremendous thrust the hospital management and staff will dedicate itself further to expand the hospital’s unique services to the public.”
Pannipitiya Private Hospital which has always introduced the health sectors’ latest technology for the treatment of its patients is also known as the first private hospital to introduce 5D Ultrasound Scanner tests, CT scanner tests and several other high Tec tests to the nation. 


Pannipitiya Private Hospital which also goes into the history books as the first hospital in Sri Lanka to get all its functions accredited with ISO 9001-2008 standards, also to sustain its high quality services has also obtained several local as well as foreign standard certifications under its name.