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District Chest Clinic Matara

Ramya Mohotti Chest Therapy is an institution run for the treatment of respiratory patients in the Matara District. This is a Government Institution and is directly administered by the Office of the Director of Health Services, Matara District. Technical assistance is provided by the National Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Control Program.

All respiratory ailments in the Matara District comprising of 17 Medical Officers' Offices are treated here with the assistance of a Specialist Physician 2 days a week.

MEDICAL OFFICER OF INCHARGE

Dr.D.C.W.Wadanamby

Vision

TB free Sri Lanka by the year 2025

Mission

We are a staff, dedicated in a pleasant environment and make ourselves real activities devoted to treat Tuberculosis, within the national policy that it would not be a public health problem in the Matara District.

Major Activities and Services

Providing service to all patients with Respiratory disease and tuberculosis, Pulmonary tuberculosis ,Extra Pulmonary tuberculosis, Interstitial lung disease, Bronchial asthma ,Chromic obstructive Pulmonary disease,Bronchiectasis
Doing Regular Screening among Estate Workers and prisoners Screening on Request
Helping to diagnose of Respiratory diseases by doing Mantoux test, X ray , Sputum AFB, Blood test, Gene x pert test,Bronchoscopy , Lung function test, Six min; walk test, Running 07 Microscopic centers (Deniyaya,Morawaka,Urubokka,Kamburupitiya, Dickwella, Akuressa & Weligama) and 03 Collecting centers (Galbokka,pallegama,Kirinda) Within the matara district to facilitate the patient who are in peripheries.
Microscopic centers (Deniyaya,Morawaka,Urubokka,Kamburupitiya, Dickwella, Akuressa & Weligama) and 03 Collecting centers (Galbokka,pallegama,Kirinda) Within the matara district to facilitate the patient who are in peripheries
Treatment For TB patients ,Issuing Anti TB Chemotherapy, findout Dot centers DCCM act as a Dot center, Issuing treatment for other patients with Respiratory disease
Prophylaxis Issuing Prophylaxis Drugs for contacts of TB patients. (Specially Small children and Elderly)Issuing Prophylaxis for Bronchial Asthma patients
Patient follow up Regular follow up of the TB patient and patients with other lung diseases
Conducting Awareness Programme To Community,For School children,For Health care Workers
Providing BCG vaccine who have no scars Only on Saturday< 5 Year and on request
Issuing Medical reports 1) When employee become Permanents 2) Person who want to go abroad
Doing Research

CENTERS/ CLINICS FUNCTIONING IN DISTRICT

Microscopy Centers

District chest clinic lab/ Microscopy center - No.09, Rahula road, Matara. - T.P. 0412222134
Microscopy center - B.H. Kamburipitiya. - T.P.0715281238
Microscopy center - Dickwella Hospital, Dickwella.
Microscopy center - B.H Deniyaya. - T.P.0702450168
Microscopy center - Morawaka Hospital, Morawaka
Microscopy center - Akuressa Hospital, Akuressa
Microscopy center - weligama Hospital, weligama
Microscopy center - Urubokka Hospital, Hegoda

Collecting centers(sputum)

Collecting center - Galbokka CD - T.P 0712424497
Collecting center - Pallegama CD - T.P 0702450168
Collecting center - Kirinda CD - T.P 0412286464