Ceylinco Life’s Waidya Hamuwa (Meet the doctor) community program, has benefitted some 135,000 people in 13 years.
Funded under the company’s extensive portfolio of Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, the program is carried out by a team of doctors, medical and ophthalmic technicians and nurses who travel across the country, offering communities free consultancy and diagnostic checks.
“The Waidya Hamuwa program is a perfect example of how we live up to our promise of Life, Love and Protection,” Ceylinco Life’s Managing Director/CEO R. Renganathan said.
“As the leading provider of life insurance in Sri Lanka, we are acutely aware of the health issues that confront our people, and the challenge of providing underserved communities adequate access to medical care. This initiative may have helped save many lives over the past 13 years,” he said.
In the first 10 months of this year, the Waidya Hamuwa team conducted free health camps in Kotahena (175 attendees), Divulapitiya (245), Dankotuwa (198), Panduwasnuwara (225), Veyangoda (240), Mirigama (218), Aralaganwila (245), Bibile (213), Anamaduwa (195) and Nikaweratiya (215), a company official said.
These camps were organised with the assistance of Ceylinco Life branches serving these areas.