Silvermere signs with BOI for medical centre

Colombo: Silvermere Hospitals signed an Agreement with the BOI to establish a state-of-the-art medical centre. Tariq Rauf, Chairman of Silvermere Hospitals Limited signed the agreement on behalf of the Hospital while Dhammika Perera, Chairman/Director General signed the Agreement for the BOI . Dr Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion formally handed over the 60 Certificate of Registrations to the investor.

The Embassy Medical Centre (EMC), a flagship project of the BOI is an investment of US$124 million. The proposed Embassy Medical Centre (EMC) will be the pioneer of Sri Lanka’s next generation of healthcare. The hospital will provide customized, professional and state of the art healthcare services of the highest quality within the shores of Sri Lanka.

Silvermere International, a US based company held in high respect for its ability to introduce cutting edge materials and technologies to South Asian markets, having identified the demand to provide safe and high quality healthcare has embarked on an effort to pioneer the introduction of a unique hospital development project in Sri Lanka “Embassy Medical Centre”.

Charles Knight, from Perkins Will, is a leading architect who has designed the hospital project. Perkins Will is internationally known for its innovative approach, has undertaken work on many hospital projects in the USA, the UAE and other countries worldwide.

The establishment will be located in the northern suburbs of Colombo and is expected to be launched as a 128 bed hospital in 2010 and will be later expanded into a comprehensive 180 room facility. All rooms will be designed to include modern medical, computer and administrative systems to support the best physicians. EMC will also offer children and families the very best in diagnostic and medical-surgical care. The services the hospital offers include Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, NICU, Critical Care for adults, a Cardiac Monitored Unit and Adult in patient.

EMC will also take a proactive approach to support the medical needs of its patients and each person and family served will be invited to enroll in the ‘Embassy Health Services Plan’ which offers benefits on par with those of a membership health club. The Embassy Health Services Plan in turn will facilitate the provision of discounted health related products and service experiences.

The ‘Membership Service Model’ is a system that will enhance the performance of physicians assisting them with the registering of patients, reducing the risk of medical errors, promoting healthy lifestyles, proactive health protection and disease prevention initiatives. People affiliated with the new care system will benefit by the ease and efficiency in arranging appointments in the hospital’s service centres and channeling medical suites on the hospital campus, but also the free standing ‘Embassy Family Medical Clinics’ strategically located in Havelock City, Battaramulla, Mount Lavinia, Negombo and Male in the Maldives.

In addition to being unique, EMC once operational, will be the only hospital in Sri Lanka that would have formal strategic alliances with respected physicians and medical institutions in the UK and the US. Physicians from London and the US would be scheduled into Colombo and linked via teleconference.

With these alliances EMC will be in a position to exploit a wide spectrum of support services including medical education for the nurses and physicians of EMC, opportunities to host physician and nursing staff from EMC for educational experiences in hospitals based overseas, the installation of modern medical care protocols for the treatment of diseases of children and adults, and special bio medical engineering support services from UK and US hospitals.

The Embassy Medical Centre will also have a competitive advantage in design principles to rationalize consumption and reduce waste. It will have the distinction of being