Sri Lanka
LOCAL HEALTH RESOURCES
Retention on this list depends upon a combination of factors
including availability,training, and positive assistance in previous
consultations, etc. Patient input, both positive and negative, regarding
experience with local health care providers, is always welcome and provides
additional information to assist in expanding or contracting this list.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MR. ZOEB TEL: Off:587404/580338 Hm:581523 AA Meetings are
held : Mondays & Thursday at 6:30 pm 7th Day Adventist Church 7 Alfred House
Gardens Col.3 Tuesday & Saturday at 6:30 pm Govt. Tamil School next to St.
John's Church Nugegoda Friday at 5:30 pm YMCA Colombo AL-ANON FAHERMIDA TEL:
582814 AL-ANON Group Meetings are held: Monday at 5:30 pm AND Thursday at 6:30
pm Seventh Day Adventist Church 7, Alfred House Gardens Col.7 Saturday at 6:30
pm Gov. Tamil School besides St. John's Nugegoda HOSPITALS ASIRI HOSPITALS
LIMITED TEL:500608-12 (5 lines) 181 Kirula Rd, Colombo 5. Director: Dr. Manjula
Karunaratne TEL:868284 DURDANS HOSPITAL TEL: 575205-7 3 Alfred Place, Colombo 3.
573930 GENERAL HOSPITAL Regent Street, Colombo 8 (emergency trauma service)
TEL:691111 Emergency TRAUMA UNIT TEL:693184 SRI JAYAWARDENAPURA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kotte. TEL:863610-9 (Near OCS and Parliament, 20-40 minute drive from Nugegoda)
Director: Dr. Sanath Gunesekera JOSEPH FRASER MEMORIAL NURSING HOME
TEL:588385/588466 Joseph Fraser Rd, Colombo 5 Administrator: Mr. Sundralingam
NAWALOKA HOSPITAL TEL: 546258/544444/544450 23 Sri Saugathodaya Mawatha, Colombo
2 Medical Director: Dr. W.A.M. Gunesekera DELMON HOSPITAL TEL: 580343/586726 258
Galle Road 503763/503295 Colombo 6 501308/503762 Director: Mr. Najmudeen
LABORATORIES AND X-RAY ASIRI HOSPITALS LIMITED (Lab & X-ray) TEL: 500608/12
181 Kirula Rd, Colombo 5 (Mobile unit to home on request) GLASS HOUSE (X-Rays
only) TEL: 693398 48 Edinburgh Crescent, Colombo 7 694218/695528 Hours: Mon-Fri:
7:00 am - 3:00 pm Sat: 7:00 am - 11:00 am DELMON HOSPITAL (X-Rays only) TEL:
580343/586726 258 Galle Road 503763/503295 Colombo 6. 501308/503762 CARDIOLOGIST
DR. HEMAL FERNANDO TEL: HM: 697469 56/1, Horton Place, Colombo 7. 078-69752 DR.
NARENTHIRAN Asiri Hospital TEL: 500608/12 Nawaloka Hospital TEL: 544444/5/6
Pager: Code 1127 Center: 575058/9 DENTISTS DR. J.N. CHINNIAH TEL: Off:573728 84
St. Anthony's Mawathe Colombo 3. Office hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm 2:00
pm - 5:30 pm Sat: 8:30 am - 1:00 pm DR. L. DASSANAYAKE TEL:(Hm) 692113 111,
Kynsey Road, Colombo 8. DR. A. RATNAYAKE TEL: 580646 207/8, Dharmapala Mawathe,
Colombo 7 DR. S. WEERAPPERUMA TEL: 580650 27/1 Kinross Avenue, Colombo 4
DERMATOLOGIST DR. W.D.H. PERERA Asiri Hospital Mon-Fri after 5:00 pm TEL:
500608/9 Nawaloka Hospital TEL: 544444/6 DR. M.J.P. DE SILVA TEL: 588679 17/2
Lauries Road Colombo 4 DR. S.V. ARIYANAYAGAM TEL:(Hm)574341 Asiri Hospital 8:30
A.M. TEL: 500608/9 EAR-NOSE-THROAT DR. N. WIJEWEERA TEL:(HM)856377 Asiri
Hospital 072-63631 Nawaloka Hospital 544444/5/6 DR. RANJITH ABEWICKREMA
TEL:(Hm)573080 Asiri Hospital 500608/12 Lady Ridgeway Hospital 693711 Nawaloka
Hospital 544444/5/6 ENDOCRINOLOGIST DR. NALIN GUNARATNE TEL:(Hm)714909 Asiri
Hospital 500608 GASTROENTEROLOGIST DR. K.L. FERNANDO TEL:(Hm)868340 Asiri
Hospital 500608 GENERAL PRACTITIONER DR. SHIRO GUNEWARDENA Peace Corps TEL:
697865 75/1/1 Kynsey Rd, Colombo 8 687617 HEMATOLOGIST Dr. M.N. PREMATILLEKE
TEL:(Hm)592546 Asiri Hospital 500608/12 INTERNIST DR. RAVI GUNERATNE
TEL:(Hm)508993 Asiri Hospital Mon-Sat 9:00 am 500608 Nawaloka Hospital 54444/5/6
Dr. W.A.M. GUNESEKERA TEL:(Hm)536229 Medical Director - Nawaloka Hospital
544444/8 Pager: Code 403 Center:5433187/8 DR. H. SAMARAJEEWA TEL:(Hm)581595
Asiri Hospital 8:30 A.M. 500608/9 Central Hospital 696411/12 410/19 Bauddhaloka
Mawatha, Colombo 7. Off: 699239 NEPHROLOGIST DR. CHULA HERATH TEL:(Hm)502895 Sri
Jayawardenapura Hospital 863610/9 PROFESSOR REZVI SHERIFF Nawaloka Hospital
TEL:544444/7 Joseph Fraser Hospital 588385/588466 Pager: Code 1157
Center:433187/8 NEUROLOGIST DR. SAMAN GUNETHILEKE Asiri Hospital Fri-Sat 6:00 pm
TEL: 500608/12 Nawaloka Hospital Sun 12:00 Noon 544444/7 DR. JAGATH WIJESEKERA
Nawaloka Hospital Mon-Fri: 5:30 pm TEL:544444/7 OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST DR. T.
JAYARATNE TEL:(Hm)501620 Asiri Hospital 500608/9 Nawaloka Hospital 544444/5/6
DR. U.S.P. AMARASEKERA Joseph Fraser Nursing Home TEL: 588385/588466 Pager: Code
1055 Center: 440097/8 440130/1 DR. H. SENANAYAKE TEL:(Hm)692904 Asiri Hospital
500608/9 Joseph Fraser Hospital 588385/588466 OPHTHALMOLOGIST DR. D.B.K. DE
SILVA TEL:(Hm)699011 10 Sumner Place Colombo 8. ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN/SPORTS
MEDICINE DR. MANJULA KARUNARATNE TEL:(Hm)581923 Asiri Hospital 500608
PEDIATRICIANS DR. B.S. DAVID NAwaloka Hospital TEL:544444/8 PROF. STELLA DE
SILVA TEL:691518 100/2 Horton Place, Colombo 7 Office hours: Mon-Fri 11:30 am -
2:30 pm 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm DR. AJITH FERNANDO TEL:(Hm)503670 Joseph Frazer
Hospital Col 5 588466/588385 DR. SHIRO GUNEWARDENA Peace Corps TEL:697865 75/1/1
Kynsey Rd, Colombo 8 687617 PSYCHIATRIST DR. DAVID RATNAVALE TEL:Hm:565026 40,
Alfred Place Off: 573279 Colombo 3. DR. HEMAMALI PERERA (CHILD PSYCHIATRIST)
TEL:Hm:856361 Asiri Hospital 500608 SURGEON: GENERAL DR. LAKSMAN FERNANDO For
laparascopy surgery TEL:(Hm)868340 Asiri Hospital 500608 DR. N. JAYASURIYA
TEL:(Hm)078-65033 Asiri Hospital 500608 Nawaloka Hospital 544444/5/6 DR. M.Z.
BADURDEEN Asiri Hospital TEL:500608 Pager: Code 939 Center:433187/8 SURGEON:
ORTHOPEDIC DR. UPALI BANAGALA TEL:(Hm)583903 Asiri Hospital 500608 Nawaloka
Hospital 544444/5/6 DR. S.D. KARUNARATNE TEL:(Hm)852628 Asiri Hospital 500608
DR. WASANTHA PERERA TEL:(Hm)699838/693751 Nawaloka Hospital 544444/6 Pager: Code
1095 Center: 440097/8 SURGEON: ORAL DR. SUNIL FERNANDO TEL:(Hm)580646 42, Visaka
Rd, Colombo 4. Asiri Hospital After 5:00 p.m 500608/9 SURGEON: PEDIATRIC DR. G.
KARUNARATNE TEL:(Hm)587715 Asiri Hospital 500608/9 SURGEONS: PLASTIC DR.
LALANTHE AMARASINGHE TEL:(Hm)856639 Asiri Hospital After 5:00 p.m. 500608/9 DR.
JOE FERNANDO Nawaloka Hospital TEL:544444/7 DR. NARENDRA WIJEMANNE
TEL:(Hm)696906 Nawaloka Hospital 544444/7 SURGEON - NEURO DR. FRED PERERA
TEL:(Hm)811737 Asiri Hospital 500608/9 Nawaloka Hospital 544444/5 DR. D.
JAYAWICKREMA TEL:(Hm)810210 Asiri Hospital 500608/9 Nawaloka Hospital 544444/5
UROLOGIST DR. N. JAYASURIYA TEL:(Hm)078-65033 Asiri Hospital 500608 Nawaloka
Hospital 544444/7 OTHER RESOURCES CONTACT LENSES JOE SUBASINGHE 2 Deanston
Place, Colombo 3 TEL:574118 E.C.G GAMINI WEERASINGHE TEL:Hm:714538 2 Kynsey
Terrace Off:692754 Colombo 8 Pager: Code 509 Center:433187/8 548571/2 OPTICIANS
MR. ALBERT EDIRISINGHE TEL:575373 6 Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 3 Office hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 12:30 pm 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm Sat 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
American Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka LOCAL HEALTH RESOURCES
The alphabetical list of health care providers has been compiled by the
American Embassy Health Unit. Practitioners are included after review by the
State Department Regional Medical Officer or Embassy Physician. They have had
training overseas, are familiar with American or British medical care, and have
a good command of English. The list is not meant to be exhaustive or definitive
nor does it represent either a guarantee of competence or endorsement by the
Department of State or the American Embassy. It does indicate that they have
been utilized by the American community in the past
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