Jaffna Teaching Hospital

Jaffna Teaching Hospital is a government hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in the Northern Province and the only hospital in the province controlled by the central government in Colombo. The hospital is the only teaching hospital in the Northern Province. The hospital is the main clinical teaching facility for the University of Jaffna's Faculty of Medicine.[1] As of 2010 it had 1,228 beds.[2]

Jaffna Teaching Hospital
Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
Location in central Jaffna
Geography
Location	Hospital Road, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°39′57.50″N 80°00′52.50″E
Organisation
Care system	Public
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Jaffna
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	1,228
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Sri Lanka

As well as general medical and surgical care the hospital provides a wide variety of healthcare services including cardiology, diabetic, dentistry, dermatology, family planning, gynaecology, neurology, obstetrics (ante-natal), oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology (ENT), paediatrics and psychiatry.[3] The hospital also has an emergency department, an intensive care unit, a premature baby unit, a primary health care unit, a pathological laboratory and a blood bank service.[1]

In 2010 the hospital had 111,129 in-patient admissions, 268,922 out-patient visits and 476,616 clinic visits.[3]

See also

• Jaffna hospital massacre

References

1. "Teaching Hospital". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02.
2. "Under Line Ministry Beds 2010" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
3. "2010 Statistics" (PDF). Jaffna Regional Directorate of Health Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-31.