Sri Lanka Medical Association
Serving the Profession – Serving the Nation
SLMA Relief Fund
The Ditwah Cyclone caused severe damage to hospital infrastructure across Sri Lanka, disrupting patient care and essential medical services. SLMA is actively mobilising efforts to restore health facilities and ensure communities continue to receive medical care without interruption.
- Emergency repairs of damaged hospital buildings and wards.
- Replacement of critical medical equipment lost or damaged.
- Restoration of essential health services for affected communities.
- Support for healthcare staff to maintain uninterrupted patient care.
- Community outreach to provide temporary healthcare solutions in remote areas.
We invite members, partners, and well-wishers—both locally and abroad—to join hands in rebuilding hospitals and supporting patients who need care most. Your contribution ensures essential services continue and lives are saved.
Your support helps restore essential services, rebuild critical infrastructure, and ensure every patient receives the care they deserve.
Donate NowPost-Flood Devastation: Chilaw Hospital Damage Documentation
Detailed visual documentation of the extensive post-flood damages sustained by the Chilaw District General Hospital.
CT Scan Machine of the Chilaw Base Hospital with its outer cover removed in an attempt to dry the electrical components and fix it. (Value approx. 250 million Rupees).
The stench after the floods made the air unbreathable, causing patients, visitors, and doctors to vomit.
Infective, Hazardous waste material piling up on the sides of hospital corridors due to a massive waste management crisis.
The entrance to the hospital covered with piles of garbage due to a massive waste management issue.
Residual garbage from the floods trapped in fences at Chilaw District General Hospital.
Centrifuge machine in the Chilaw Blood bank damaged; electricals covered with mud and rust.
Blood component centrifuge machines lifted with rocks to save them, but the flood water level exceeded the efforts.
Water level depicted on the window at around 3.5 feet inside a High Dependency Unit in a paediatric ward.
Medical Equipment, Drugs, IV fluids, and Emergency equipment rendered unsuitable for use after contamination.
Medical Equipment, Drugs, IV fluids, and Emergency equipment rendered unsuitable for use after contamination.
Thousands of medical records put to dry after being soaked during the floods.
Roof of the OPD in Chilaw Base Hospital covered with polythene to protect from rain.
Infective, Hazardous waste material piling up on the sides of hospital corridors due to a massive waste management crisis.
Paint falling off unmasks damp, weakened walls, creating an occupational hazard for staff and patients in the OPD.
Estimated Damages
DGH Chilaw Medical Equipment
Total Estimated Cost to Restore:
(Million Sri Lankan Rupees, LKR)
