Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry today signed a supplementary agreement with a Chinese company to construct a teaching hospital for the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU).
Vice Chancellor of the KDU Major General Milinda Peiris and Vice President of Poly Technologies Inc. of China Wang Xingye signed the agreement today 704-bed fully fledged hospital complex.
Chinese state owned company will carry out the construction work on the US$ 202 million locally funded project.
Once completed the eco-friendly state of the art medical facility will be on par with international standards, the Defence Ministry said. The project is expected to be completed in two years.
Established in 2009, the Faculty of Medicine of the KDU is the only national military medical institution of higher education in Sri Lanka. The faculty is responsible for training and graduation of military medical students
According to the Defence Ministry with the completion of the teaching hospital the faculty will be well equipped with ultra-modern facilities for teaching, training, service and medical research.
The hospital will also provide tertiary care facilities to the general public and service personnel while training both undergraduate and post graduate military medical students.
KDU, a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (UK), is the only university in the South Asian region offering graduate courses in defence studies.
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