OPD Building
ABOUT
Teaching Hospital Batticaloa is located in 7.9 Hectares of high land in the Manmunai North Divisional secretariat area of Batticaloa district. Teaching Hospital Batticaloa is the oldest hospital in the Eastern Province and serving a population of more than two million in the Eastern Province and adjacent districts.
The People of eastern Province have heavily suffered from the three decades of internal conflict and Tsunami of 2004 in the past and they have not yet fully recovered from these disasters. Due to the efforts taken by the Government of Sri Lanka in the recent past, the health indicators such as immunization coverage, infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, death due to infectious diseases etc are improving in the Eastern Province.
Provincial General Hospital Batticaloa was upgraded as Teaching hospital Batticaloa November 17, 2006 (Circular) to cater to the training needs of Medical student of Faculty of Healthcare Science of eastern University of Sri Lanka.
FORMER HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION
Dr.Hubert
Medical Superintendent
From
1978
To
1979
Dr.V.Jeganathan
Medical Superintendent
From
January 1981
To
December 1985
Dr.F.R.B.Ranjan
Medical Superintendent
From
December 1993
To
March 1997
Dr.M.Thevarajan
Director
From
December 2001
To
February 2007
Dr.M.S.Ibbralebbe
Director
From
February 28, 2014
To
July 19, 2018
Dr.R.T.Arulanandan
Medical Superintendent
From
January 1979
To
December 1981
Dr.K.Kumaravetpillai
Medical Superintendent
From
January 1986
To
December 1993
Dr.S.Sathurmugan
Director
From
March 1997
To
December 2001
Dr.K.Muruganandan
Director
From
February 2007
To
March 2014