Current Health Care Projects

The IMHO

Current Health Care Projects - Need Funding.

Diabetic Center, Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

  • The first Diabetic Center to be established in Sri Lanka.
  • Diabetic Center was opened at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital (JTH) in 2009 and located in Jaffna District in the Northern Province: IMHO renovated this unit, purchased needed equipment, paid lab tests and staff salaries.
  • From 2015-2019: 27,741 patients were treated by this center…

Expected to treat 3,000 new patients/year

Uyirilai – Center for Spinal Cord Injury.

  • Working with spinal cord injured since 2012.
  • Purchased 30 Three-wheelers for the paraplegics.
  • Built 30 special-need Toilets, 3 more pending and 3 wells.
  • Support Mobile clinics at this center for the spinal cord injured.
  • Built Medication room for paraplegics in residence at this center in Mankulam.
  • Support daily visit by a nurse and physical therapist.to this center $135/month.

Mathavam: A center for Neuro-Developmental Disorders.

  • This center was established in 2014 by IMHO.
  • Has treated 311 special-needs children.
  • Currently provide active treatment for 45 children.
  • Follow-up treatment for 139 children.
  • This center is currently taken over by the Health Department but IMHO continues to fund salaries to 2 Therapists and 1 cleaning staff at the cost of $388/month.

Staff at the cost of $388/month

Primary Care Centers.

  •  Primary Care Centers built in 2006 at Panchenai and Koolavaddy.
  • These centers are renovated through the Regional Director of Health Services, Batticaloa District in the Eastern Province.
  • Currently supporting Medical clinics in Panchenai, Koolavedy, Vaharai and Pulipanchakal at the cost of $ 766/month.