25 June 2022 05:05 am
From left: Aloka Jayawardena – Chief Information Officer of SLIC, Dr. Vijith Gunasekara – Former Director of Apeksha Hospital, Dr. Thushari Hapuarachchi - Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Namalee A. Silva – DGM Marketing& Distribution - Life of SLIC, Dayaratne Perera - Act. Chief Officer- Life of SLIC
Sri Lanka Insurance’s ‘Call to Donate’ CSR initiative extended a helping hand to Apeksha Cancer Hospital Maharagama facilitating the construction of two isolation units in the Pediatric Ward.
In addition, Sri Lanka Insurance reaches out to the Apeksha Cancer Hospital in the hour of need to provide essential medicine for the children getting treatments.
Based on the urgent requirement of the hospital Sri Lanka Insurance donated Rs. 3.7 million worth of medicine with the support of Lanka Hospital who assisted in procuring the essential medicine urgently.
The isolation units and essential medicine were handed over to the Apeksha Cancer Hospital with the participation of Dr. Vijith Gunasekara – Former Director of Apeksha Hospital, Dr. Thushari Hapuarachchi - Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Dayaratne Perera - Act. Chief Officer- Life of SLIC, Aloka Jayawardena – Chief Information Officer of SLIC, Namalee A. Silva – DGM/ Head of Marketing of SLIC and the staff members of both institutions.
All the donations were made from the funds generated through the ‘Call to Donate’ CSR initiative launched with the aim of raising awareness about cancer and donating funds to the Pediatric ward of Apeksha Cancer Hospital Maharagama.
Understanding the utmost importance of nurturing and upbringing of the children, Sri Lanka Insurance is continuously engaged in projects and activities that help secure the future of
the children.