Japan Hands Over Infectious Waste Management Equipment to 15 Hospitals across Sri Lanka
Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, H.E. Akio ISOMATA attended the handover ceremony of infectious waste management equipment at Trincomalee General Hospital, together with Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa, Minister of Health and Mass Media, Arun Hemachandra, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, Roshan Akmeemana, Member of Parliament, Trincomalee District, and Mr. Kenji KURONUMA, Chief Representative of JICA Sri Lanka Office.
The equipment has been provided under the “Project for the Improvement of Infectious Waste Management”“for which the Exchange of Notes was signed in April 2023 with a grant assistance of JPY 503 million (approx. USD 3.7 million) by the Government of Japan.
Under this project, medical waste incinerators with temperature control and exhaust gas treatment systems are being provided to 15 hospitals across all 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. Together with technical training on proper waste management and equipment operation, the project aims to strengthen infection prevention and control capacity nationwide.
