Galle National Hospital - Karapitiya (Teaching)
Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
Geography
Location	Karapitiya, Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°04′00″N 80°13′32″E / 6.066531°N 80.225569°E / 6.066531; 80.225569
Organisation
Care system	Public
Funding	Government hospital
Type	National Hospital
Affiliated university	University of Ruhuna
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	2,066 (2800+ by the end of 2024)
History
Opened	1982
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Sri Lanka

Galle National Hospital, located in Karapitiya, Galle, is the largest tertiary care centre in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.^[1] It was established in 1982 and is the main training facility for the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna. The hospital consists of 2,066 beds (will consist 2800+ beds by the end of 2024),^[2] 54 wards and several other units.^[1] It is the third largest tertiary care hospital in the country.^[3] Karapitiya Hospital meets the health needs of people in Southern Province and also provides services to the people of the surrounding areas. In 2024, it was proposed to be renamed the Galle National Hospital.^[4]

The hospital is administered by the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka and the hospital provides free health care services to the people all 24 hours of the day. The present director of the hospital is Dr. S.D.U.M.Ranga .^[5]

In addition to the General medical and Surgical care, the hospital provides a wide variety of health care services such as,

Further the hospital also consists of out patient departments with many others clinics and a blood bank. Facilities for modern investigations are also freely available at the hospital.^[6]

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