Sri Lanka: Primary Care Clinic Yayawatta
Clinic Treats an Average of 21.5 Patients Per Day: Q2 2018
August 08, 2018
Stephney Minerva Fernando
Summary of Activities
The clinic was open 10 days each month to provide free healthcare services to the community of Yayawatta and Seenimodera in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, and the surrounding villages and communities of Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, and Seenimodera. During the second quarter of 2018, we saw an average of 21.5 patients per day, treating a total of 645 patients.

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

April 2018
211 Patients Treated
- 211 patients, 96 male and 115 female, were treated at the Real Medicine Clinic in April.
- There were 135 direct beneficiaries, and the most common illness was viral fever and lower respiratory tract infections, which is due to the climate changes.
- 38 indirect beneficiaries were treated for lower respiratory tract infections, and 15 indirect beneficiaries were treated for viral fever. Direct and indirect beneficiaries received treatment for 7 types of diseases, and a total of 76 patients were indirect beneficiaries, and they came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, Seenimodera, and Moraketi-Ara to obtain treatment at the Real Medicine Clinic.
- This free health clinic is entirely a gift from Real Medicine Foundation, which has a heart to help our communities that suffer from the tsunami’s destruction and from poverty.

May 2019
219 Patients Treated
- 219 patients, 103 male and 116 female, were treated at the Real Medicine Clinic in May.
- The number of direct beneficiaries was 143, and the most common illness was viral fever and lower respiratory tract infections, which is due to the climate changes.
- 35 indirect beneficiaries were treated for viral fever, and 31 indirect beneficiaries were treated for lower respiratory tract infections. The number of indirect beneficiaries was 76, and they came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, Seenimodera, and Moraketi-Ara to obtain treatment at the Real Medicine Clinic. Direct and indirect beneficiaries received treatment for 5 types of diseases

June 2018
215 Patients Treated
- 215 patients, 99 male and 116 female, were treated at the Real Medicine Clinic in June.
- There were 138 direct beneficiaries from Yayawatta who received treatment, and the most common illness was viral fever and lower respiratory tract infections, which is due to the climate changes. Direct and indirect beneficiaries were treated for 6 types of diseases.
- 31 of the indirect beneficiaries were treated for viral fever, and 19 indirect beneficiaries were treated for upper respiratory tract infections. Direct and indirect beneficiaries received treatment for 7 types of diseases. They came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, Seenimodera, and Moraketi-Ara. A total of 77 patients came to the Real Medicine Clinic from these surrounding villages.

Background
& Objectives
Background
After completing Real Medicine’s immediate tsunami relief efforts at the Mawella Camp Clinic, a second clinic was opened in Yayawatta in October 2006. The clinic is open for 10 days each month to provide free healthcare services to the community of Yayawatta and Seenimodera in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, and the surrounding villages and communities of Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, and Seenimodera. With no resources to hire private transportation and no access to public transport, the clinic provides the only locally based medical care within the community, easily accessible and within walking distance of most villages and beneficiaries. To expand our reach to the surrounding communities, our primary health care clinic staff conducts off-site clinics at local schools and community centers to provide poor rural children with free checks-ups, and medicines.
Objectives
- Support the community with free, high quality healthcare services
- Approximately 94 tsunami-affected families and the surrounding communities in 4 villages: a population of 4,000.
- Help to create a healthy community, especially amongst the younger generation

More
Photos
Click to enlarge










Numbers
Served
Direct Beneficiaries
Patients Treated This Quarter
645 patients


More Reports on: Primary Care Clinic Yayawatta Archive
Country Page: Sri Lanka
Initiative Page: Primary Care Clinic Yayawatta