The Rotary Club of Colombo handed over a Mammography Machine to to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Valued at approx Rs 14.5 million.
The handing over of the Mammography Machine and Digital Processor to the main hospital in Kurunegala, the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, marked the first step in the launch of the first regional facility, in the Club's Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Project, which this year enters its 12th year in fighting cancer. This historic milestone was achieved through a Global Grant of The Rotary Foundation, partnered by The Rotary Club of Colombo together with RC Birmingham (Alabama, USA), RC Nurnberg Sigena (Germany), and RC Zurich Shital (Switzerland), who came together to make available this very valuable equipment.
This will be the very first regional center in Sri Lanka dedicated for screening and early detection of breast cancer. The project already operates the National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Centre launched 12 years ago in partnership with the National Cancer Control Programme of the Ministry of Health , Sri Lanka. It is particularly meaningful to make available this screening equipment for early detection of breast cancer, during October, which marks breast cancer awareness month. Locating this screening facility in Kurunegala Hospital which services over one third of the country's population will benefit a significant number, enabling them to access this facility for early detection of breast cancer which has the highest incidence amongst all cancers in Sri Lanka.
The President of the Rotary Club of Colombo Rtn Mohammed Abidally, together with project Chairperson PP Rtn Nirmali Samaratunga and other project committee members PP Rtn Tony Alles and PDG Rtn Tissa Bandaranaike, handed over the equipment to the hospital Acting Director Dr Chandana Kandangamuwa, Chief Radiologist Dr Samantha Perera and other Doctors from the Oncology unit and Radiology Unit. This donation is expected to make a significant contribution towards bringing down the incidence of breast cancer in the region, thus saving several hundred lives.
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| Rtn Mohammed Abidally, together with project Chairperson PP Rtn Nirmali Samaratunga and other project committee members PP Rtn Tony Alles and PDG Rtn Tissa Bandaranayake, with Acting Director Dr Chandana Kandangamuwa, Chief Radiologist Dr Samantha Perera and other Doctors from the Oncology unit and Radiology Unit. |
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| Hologic State of the Art Mammography Machine |
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| Project Chairperson PP Rtn Nirmali Samaratunga |
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| Digital Processor |
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| Digital Film Processor |
