Digital Content (Pvt) Ltd today (August 13) handed over an ambulance following its full restoration to the HomagamaBase Hospital. The restoration of the ambulance was funded by Digital Content (Pvt) Ltd and facilitated by the Sri Lankan Podujana Engineers Front.
The official handover of the ambulance took place today morning at the Pepiliyana sports ground in Nugegoda.
The ambulance belonging to the hospital had fallen into disrepair and was out of service prior to its recent restoration. The addition of the ambulance is now expected to assist the hospital to enhance its patient care at this critical juncture where the country is facing the Covid 19 pandemic.
Thanking Digital Content (Pvt) Ltd. and the Sri Lanka Podujana Engineers Front for their efforts, the Director of the Homagama Hospital, Dr. Janith Hettiarachchi said currently a large number of Covid 19 patients are being treated at the hospital. “Accordingly, improving transportation of patients has become a necessity” he said, adding that the hospital was in acute need of ambulances. “It is at a time like this that an ambulance long unused by the hospital has been fully restored with all necessary facilities and has been handed over to the hospital” he said.
Expressing his views on the restoration project Director and Co-Founder of Digital Content (Pvt) Ltd, Arjun Jeger said “As an organization it’s always been one of our core values to give back what we earn and learn. In this endeavour of restoring this ambulance we feel immensely blessed and empowered to be able to give a critical and resourceful asset to the society at this time of need. It is hard earned money well spent and is a satisfaction to everyone at Digital Content to see this project come into fruition that will benefit the society at large”.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Engineers Front carried out the restoration work of the ambulance. According to President of the Sri Lankan Podujana Engineers Front (Colombo District East) and Assistant National Organizer Sri Lanka PodujanaPeramuna Engineer Kushan Devinda, the organization had identified the need of an ambulance for the hospital upon making inquiries. “We then facilitated this restoration and conveyed the need to Digital Content Pvt Ltd which then fully funded the project” he said.
The event was attended by Directors and Co-Founders of Digital Content (Pvt) Ltd. Arjun Jeger and Chamila Prasad Karunarathne, The Head of Content of Digital Content (Pvt) Ltd Sajeewa De Silva, President of the Sri Lankan PodujanaEngineers Front (Colombo District East) and Assistant National Organizer Sri Lanka People’s Front Engineer KushanDevinda, Vice President of the Sri Lankan PodujanaEngineers Front (Colombo District East) Engineer D.P.M Chandana, Director of the Homagama Base Hospital Dr.Janith Hettiarachchi and several other members of the respective organizations.