Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital
| Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital | |
|---|---|
| SAITM (Pvt) Ltd | |
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Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Malabe, Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 6°54′13″N 79°57′17″E / 6.90361°N 79.95472°ECoordinates: 6°54′13″N 79°57′17″E / 6.90361°N 79.95472°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Funding | For-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Standards | Tertiary Care |
| Emergency department | 24hrs including accidents |
| Beds | 1002 |
| Speciality | Multi Speciality |
| History | |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.nfth.lk |
Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (also referred to as Dr Neville Fernando Sri Lanka – Russia Friendship Teaching Hospital or NFTH) established in 2013 is a hi-tech multi speciality tertiary care teaching hospital. It is also the largest private hospital in Sri Lanka with 1002 beds and first private teaching hospital in the country as well. It is the teaching hospital to the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM). NTFH is located in Millennium Drive, off Chandrika Kumaratunga Mawatha, Malabe 10115. NFTH is a brainchild of its Chairman Dr.Fernando and its main purposes are to provide clinical training facility for the medical students of the SAITM and to provide much sought after high quality private medical care to the Sri Lankan public at an affordable price.
References
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