COLOMBO, May 12 -- Sri Lanka and India have begun implementing a major healthcare infrastructure project in Mullaitivu following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a new four-storey medical ward complex at the District General Hospital (DGH), Mullaitivu, with Indian grant assistance worth 600 million Sri Lankan rupees.

The agreement was signed and exchanged between Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha and Acting Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media Dr W.K. Wickremasinghe during the recent visit of Indian Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan to Sri Lanka from April 19 - 20.

The project will involve the construction of a fully equipped four-storey medical ward complex aimed a...