Sri Lanka: Medical Activities Stepped Up in Vavuniya

While tens of thousands of people remain trapped in the combat zone, around 200,000 people have been able to flee and settle in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Vavuniya District of Sri Lanka's northeast. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to provide surgical support in Vavuniya Hospital and deliver supplementary food to displaced people living at camps in Vavuniya and Manik Farm.

Last week, MSF signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan authorities to set up an emergency field hospital that will act as the main referral hospital for the 120,000 displaced people living in Manik Farm. MSF has also obtained agreements to start post-operative care in Paimpamadhu Ayurvedic Hospital, which treats patients discharged from Vavuniya Hospital. Read more ...