Businesscafe - More than 16 government hospitals and Medical Officers of Health (MOH) offices around the country have received medical equipment and personal protective gear to date under an initiative implemented by the Commercial Bank of Ceylon in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Businesscafe - Uber today announced 50,000 free rides to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society for transporting frontline healthcare workers, elderly and citizens from vulnerable communities to vaccination hubs for supporting the government’s drive to inoculate the nation.
Businesscafe - Responsible Business 2021, a virtual event organized by Reuters Events, served as a platform for providing business-critical, actionable insights.
Businesscafe - BPPL Holdings PLC and subsidiary Eco Spindles, Sri Lanka’s largest plastic recycler, called for the responsible disposal of plastic waste across the island this World Environment Day.
Businesscafe - Nations Trust Bank initiated the donation of a portable ventilator to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital (Kalubowila) in its efforts contribute towards the nation’s current requirements to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Businesscafe - Citizens Development Business Finance PLC lauded as one of the Top Ten Corporate Citizens for Sustainability in Sri Lanka, has come forward to donate Rs. 10 million worth medical equipment urgently required by the Gampaha District General Hospital including ventilators and monitors for its Intensive Care Unit, in addition to other vital equipment.
Businesscafe - SLT-MOBITEL partnered with the Maduru Oya Army Training School and Trincomalee Divisional Secretariat in an initiative recently, to distribute dry ration packs to communities affected due to Covid-19 restrictions in the Polonnaruwa and Trincomalee areas.
Businesscafe - Continuing to inculcate the love for reading and knowledge among children, SLT-MOBITEL carried out the second phase of its ‘Hithak Athnam Pothak Denna’ (හිතක් ඇත්නම් පොතක් දෙන්න) programme by donating over 1,000 books and connectivity solutions to the Kikiliyamana School in Nuwara Eliya recently.
Businesscafe - MAS Holdings and its associates, honoured their pledge to support the ‘Little Hearts’ project of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital, one of the largest children’s hospitals in the world, by raising funds to upgrade its infrastructure in cardiac care, towards their ongoing national healthcare efforts.
Businesscafe - In a pioneering initiative to support the health care sector, HUTCH has joined forces with the leading telemedicine provider oDoc to launch the oDoc-HUTCH Suwa Sarana initiative to offer telemedicine services free of charge, to all Sri Lankans during the present travel restrictions.
Businesscafe - Port City Colombo donated over Rs. 2 million worth Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) yesterday (28) to support its ongoing efforts to clean up the debris and chemical waste collected on the coastline resulting from the MV X-PRESS PEARL ship fire.
