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Flashback from History<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"During the colonial period of British when Sir Arthur Havelock w<\/span>as the Governor of Ceylon (1890-1895), one of\u00a0 <\/span>his greatest achievements was making availabl<\/span>e many advances and new opportunities<\/span>\u00a0in medical science to the island\u2019s inhabitants. Until the 19<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0Century, children were treated as miniature adults before pediatrics emerged as a specialty.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

History began when George Wall, a tea planter and philanthropist, discussed with Lady Havelock the innovative idea of creating a separate hospital for women <\/span>and children. Enthused, Lady Havelock headed a committee to raise funds from the public, which amounted to 46,000 rupees. Consequently, on January 1<\/span>8th<\/span>, 1895, the Governor laid the foundation stone\u00a0<\/span>for a 50 bed hospital\u00a0<\/span>of what was to be called the Lady Havelock Hospital for Women and Children (LHH).\u00a0So one chief medical institution for which this Governor was officially responsible, although his wife proved the impetus, was the\u00a0Children\u2019s Hospital.\u00a0It took over a year to\u00a0build, by which time\u00a0sir\u00a0Arthur Havelock had been succeeded as Governor by Sir Joseph West Ridgeway.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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1896, October 12 – The first lady, Lady Lina Ridgeway ceremonially opened the “Lady Havelock Hospital for Women and Children”, in honor of the former governor’s wife, who rendered her fullest support and encouragement towards this venture.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

26<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0February\u00a0<\/span>1909<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Sir Henry Edward\u00a0<\/span>McCallum, the Governor of Ceylon Laid the foundation\u00a0<\/span>stone\u00a0 for<\/span>\u00a0Construction of a separate block for children. The building was erected with public<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>subscriptions an<\/span>d<\/span>\u00a0the former first Lady\u00a0<\/span>Ridgeway\u00a0<\/span>had been energetic in fund raising for this project.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

27<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0September 1910 Ceremonial opening of the new section, the Lady Ridgeway block for the Children.<\/span>\u00a0In\u00a0<\/span>1937\u00a0<\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0qualified pediatrician for the hospital Dr. L.O\u00a0<\/span>Abeyrathne<\/span>\u00a0was appointed as the Physician and the medical Officer in Charge of the Hospital.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1950 -After independence in 1948 the Ministry of Health adopted plans to progressively reconstruct the LRH. The first wing of the new hospital containing new ward was open in 1950.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1954 – The Lady Havelock Hospital ceased to exist when the nearby Castle Street Hospital for women opened, but Lady Ridgeway Hospital went on from strength to strength.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1957 – Out Patient Department of the LRH was opened<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2000 – A nine-<\/span>storey<\/span>\u00a0new wing of the hospital, funded by the Chinese government was opened.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nHistory - Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History - Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-11T10:32:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Flashback-from-the-History-216x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/history\/\",\"name\":\"History - 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