In Sri Lanka’s Matara district, new facilities at the Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship Hospital are helping improve maternal and neonatal healthcare

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With over $8 million in funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), UNOPS helped remodel an existing hospital building to improve its maternal and neonatal health services.

With a 357-bed capacity, four operating theatres, new medical vehicles, equipment and furniture, the Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship Hospital has almost doubled the provision of obstetrics, gynecological and neonatal services in the area. Deliveries of newborns have already increased from approximately 200 a month in the previous hospital to 400 a month in the new facilities.

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