March 2, 2023, Colombo: A donation of 11 types of essential medical supplies worth over Rs. 26 Million Sri Lankan Rupees was made to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo by the IHRC representing the Sri Lankan Muslim Communities in Canada.
The essential medical supplies were donated through Zam Zam Foundation in Sri Lanka in partnership with IDRF, a Canadian NGO based in Toronto. The director of the Hospital, Dr. G. Wijesuriya, accepted the donation from the Directors of IHRC, Dr. Aslam Hasana Lebbe and Mr. Rimzy Kutubdeen, who attended the event held at the Hospital Auditorium in Colombo on Feb. 28, 2023.
Chairman of Zam Zam Foundation Mufthi Yoosuff Hparticipatedd Directors together with Ash-sheikh. Arkam Nooramith participated in the symbolic handover ceremony attended by Medical Doctors, Nurses and other hospital stakeholders. The donation was made on a request from hospital authorities due to the financial crisis in the island nation, which resulted in severe shortages in medicine in public hospitals.
The donations towards the project were primarily from the Sri Lankan ex-pats in Toronto, while it is noteworthy to mention that many non-Sri Lankans in Toronto also took part in this worthy cause. The Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo, which treats thousands of children annually, is the largest tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka, exclusively treating and managing children from all parts of the country.
The hospital director said that the donations from IHRC through IDRF and Zam Zam Foundation were sufficient for continuous critical care of children in the hospital for approximately 06 months.
