Health Care Fund

This is a community service project sponsored by KBT to provide relief to those in need of health care and other forms of assistance. The fund was established with a contribution of Rs. 14 million from the present Chairman of KBT and his close associates and is an ongoing project with public donations augmenting revenue. It seeks to alleviate the suffering of the desperately ill, who lack the means to afford appropriate medical treatment. ‘Relief’ is also about allaying the mental stress and anguish of the patient and their families by ensuring that access to otherwise unaffordable medical treatment is forthcoming.

Blood Donation Campaign

KBT arranges a blood donation campaign on each Pasalosvak (Full Moon) Poya Day of the month. An average of 125 to 150 pints of blood is collected and channelled to the National Blood Bank. The priority is on meeting the needs of the National Cancer Hospital at Maharagama, which is the chief beneficiary of this project

Other Health Related Initiatives

up a Cardiology Unit and also provided the hospital with equipment essential for this unit. KBT also repairs and refurbishes wards on an ongoing basis; it also repairs and/or replaces beds and equipment in the hospital.

A special ward for the exclusive use of Buddhist monks was also constructed in the hospital. KBT bears the responsibility for its ongoing maintenance and upkeep. KBT also provides advances or soft loans to the hospital for the purpose of obtaining and providing specific medicines that are not available in the Hospital but required for individual in-patients.

Other health related activities by KBT include the island-wide donation of prosthetics, crutches, wheelchairs and other such items to those who cannot afford these items.

Clinic facilities are provided within the Kalutara District where doctors provide consultation services at a designated point to people in the surrounding villages. A variety of medical tests and advice on health care are provided at these camps.