Chavakacheri Hospital

Chavakacheri Hospital
Ministry of Health, Northern Province
Geography
Location	Chavakacheri, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°39′43.80″N 80°09′59.50″E / 9.662167°N 80.166528°E / 9.662167; 80.166528Coordinates: 9°39′43.80″N 80°09′59.50″E / 9.662167°N 80.166528°E / 9.662167; 80.166528
Organisation
Care system	Public
Funding	Government hospital
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	111
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Sri Lanka

Chavakacheri Hospital is a government hospital in Chavakacheri, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 111 beds.^[1] The hospital is sometimes called Chavakacheri Base Hospital or Chavakacheri District Hospital.

As well as general medical and surgical care the hospital provides a wide variety of healthcare services including diabetic, dentistry, obstetrics (ante-natal), oncology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, psychiatry and tuberculosis.^[2] The hospital also has an emergency department, a x-ray unit and a pathological laboratory.^[3]

In 2010 the hospital had 9,822 in-patient admissions, 125,003 out-patient visits and 20,352 clinic visits.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Under Line Ministry Beds 2010". Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. http://203.94.76.60/nihs/BEDS/Line%20Beds%2010.pdf. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "2010 Statistics". Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services. http://www.jaffnahealth.org/updates/2010_7.pdf. 
3. ^ "Base Hospital Chavakacheri". Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services. http://www.jaffnahealth.org/english/view.php?jaffnahealth=16. 

External links

• Base Hospital Chavakacheri, Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services