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Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children is the largest free of charge Pediatric Hospital in Sri Lanka. It serves as the national referral center for pediatric care for Sri Lanka. Once deemed to be the largest Children\u2019s Hospital in\u00a0<\/span>South Asia<\/span>, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) is working with a vision of becoming the best health care center for<\/span>\u00a0children in South Asia by 2025.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Home to more than 25 specialties and more than 40 units, t<\/span>his hospital has more than 10<\/span>16<\/span>\u00a0in wards<\/span>\u00a0beds and it treats children below 14 years of age from all over the country. It has all supportive services required to provide quality patient care. With annual Admissions of 84299, total OPD visits 647138, LRH indeed does an unsung service to the nation. Also being the largest specialized children\u2019s hospital in Sri Lanka indirectly plays a vital role in nurturing the future of Sri Lanka, hence doing a great service to the whole nation as well as foreign children and refugees who come to Sri Lanka. It is responsible for undergraduate and most of the post graduate medical and surgical\u00a0<\/span>paediatric<\/span> training, which is provided by all the units of the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outpatient Care<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Outpatient Department (OPD) and the Accident Service Department of this hospital is open for services 24 hours a day for 365 days.\u00a0<\/span>Out patient<\/span>\u00a0clinics conducted by the relevant consultants of inpatient units and visiting consultants of the OPD maintain a continuous link with patients discharged from their units.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is also an emergency treatment unit,\u00a0<\/span>diarrh<\/span>oe<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0treatment unit immunization clinic<\/span>\u00a0and nutrition clinic<\/span>\u00a0which operate in the OPD to improve the quality of care. The outpatients\u2019 attendance is over one million per year and about 50,000 children are immunized annually.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inpatient Care<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Currently the hospital has six general\u00a0<\/span>paediatric<\/span>\u00a0Medical and f<\/span>ive<\/span>\u00a0general\u00a0<\/span>paediatric<\/span>\u00a0Surgical units. It further has\u00a0<\/span>specialised<\/span>\u00a0units in Cardiology and Cardiothoracic surgery,\u00a0<\/span>Orthopaedic<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Orthopedic Spinal surgery,\u00a0<\/span>Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Neonatology, Intensive Care, Orthodontics,<\/span>\u00a0Restorative Dental Surgery,<\/span>\u00a0Plastic Surgery, Burns and ENT Surgery.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to these Radiology, Pathology,\u00a0<\/span>Haematology<\/span>, Microbiology and Anesthesiology departments headed by senior consultants provide quality, assistance to both inpatients and outpatients.<\/span>\u00a0Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and speech therapy.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nWho we are - Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Home to more than 25 specialties and more than 40 units, this hospital has more than 1016 in wards beds and it treats children below 14 years of age from all over the country. It has all supportive services required to provide quality patient care. 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