Vilimalé health centre upgraded to tertiary hospital

The health centre in the capital’s suburb Vilimalé has been upgraded and reopened as a tertiary hospital.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony yesterday, President Abdulla Yameen said dialysis services will also be available for kidney patients at the new hospital before the end of the year.

The government plans to develop the Vilimalé hospital to the same standard as the the government-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital’s (IGMH) in Malè, Yameen said.

Chairman of the IGMH’s governing board, Dr Abdul Sattar Yousuf, said the health centre was upgraded to offer surgeries, ultra sound scans, x-rays, labour room, and laboratory services.