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Teaching
Hospital
Ratnapura
is
the
largest
tertiary
care
hospital
in
Sabaragamuwa
province
administered
under
the
purview
of
the
Ministry
of
Health,
Nutrition
and
Indigenous
Medicine.
It
provides
specialized
health
care
services
mainly
to
the
Sabaragamuwa
province,
which
consists
of
Ratnapura
and
Kegalle
Districts
covering
a
population
of
2,009,000
in
an
extent
of
4968
km2
area.
People
coming
from
other
provinces
such
as
Uva,
Southern
and
Eastern
seek
specialized
medical
care
from
the
hospital.
The
hospital
was
started
in
1877
in
Ratnpura
main
city.
Then
it
was
relocated
1958
by
the
late
Hon.
Prime
Minister
Mr.
S.W.R.D.
Bandaranaieke
in
a
62-acre
land
due
to
frequent
flood.
The
hospital
was
upgrades
as
a
Teaching
Hospital
in
31st
October
2018
in
order
to
provide
comprehensive
clinical
training
to
the
students
of
newly
established
medical
faculty
of
University
of
Sabaragamuwa.
The
hospital
is
responsible
for
rendering
advanced
tertiary
and
secondary
medical,
surgical
and
rehabilitative
services
to
its
population.
It
comprises
25
units
with
41
wards.
3
theaters,
ICUs
for
inpatient
service.
Emergency
Treatment
Unit,
Outpatient
service
and
specialized
clinic
service
are
also
in
the
hospital.
Further,
it
is
equipped
to
perform
advanced
investigations
such
as
CT
scanning,
interventional
radiography,
angiography.
These
services
are
provided
free
of
charge.
The
hospital
also
provides
teaching
and
training
to
intern
medical
officers,
postgraduate
trainees
from
Postgraduate
Institute
of
Medicine,
Colombo
and
nursing
students
from
Nursing
School
Ratnapura.
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