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Table A13: Health Infrastructure
Medical officers, 2007 Hospital beds, 2007 Nurses, 2007
Province District/sector Total medical Medical Total Beds per Total Nurses per Number of
officers* officers per beds 1,000 nurses 100,000 government
100,000 people** people medical
people
institutions
Sri Lanka 11,023 55.1 68,694 3.4 31,466 157.3 615
Sector Urban n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Rural n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Estate n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Western Colombo 2,581 105.1 12,126 4.9 7,693 313.2 27
Gampaha 1,197 55.9 6,078 2.8 2,736 127.9 24
Kalutara 570 51.3 2,773 2.5 1,118 100.6 23
Central Kandy 1,120 81.2 6,686 4.8 3,558 257.8 56
Matale 258 54.1 1,661 3.5 438 91.8 25
Nuwara Eliya 213 28.7 1,803 2.4 300 40.4 28
Southern Galle 595 56.6 3,314 3.2 2,300 218.6 31
Matara 305 37.5 2,286 2.8 744 91.5 19
Hambantota 292 52.9 1,624 2.9 578 104.7 23
Northern Jaffna 220 36.7 2,455 4.1 572 95.5 28
Killinochchi 17 11.6 378 2.6 29 19.9 9
Mannar 49 48.5 472 4.7 50 49.5 8
Vavuniya 79 47.6 463 2.8 88 53.0 8
Mullativu 15 10.2 481 3.3 17 11.6 6
Eastern Batticaloa 94 18.0 1,484 2.8 792 151.4 18
Ampara 377 61.3 2,429 3.9 686 111.5 30
Trincomalee 198 55.8 1,185 3.3 238 67.0 18
North Western Kurunegala 666 43.7 4,814 3.2 3,577 234.7 47
Puttalam 293 39.0 1,489 2.0 465 61.8 22
North Central Anuradhapura 342 42.7 3,198 4.0 1,284 160.3 39
Polonnaruwa 96 24.3 1,291 3.3 80 20.3 11
Uva Badulla 463 54.5 3,390 4.0 1,510 177.6 35
Monaragala 195 45.9 1,376 3.2 309 72.7 19
Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 426 39.2 3,193 2.9 1,533 141.2 34
Kegalle 362 45.1 2,245 2.8 771 96.1 27
Notes:*all medical officers in curative, administrative and preventive services including specialists and interns; **all beds in government medical
institutions excluding examination and labour room beds, and cribs and bassinets, etc. used for healthy newborns.
Sources: Ministry of Health 2007.
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