Lanka Hospital (formerly Apollo Hospital Sri Lanka) is multi-speciality tertiary care

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

in Sri Lanka and is one of the largest private hospitals in the country. It is a subsidiary of

Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited, also known as Sri Lanka Insurance is the largest and strongest composite insurance provider in Sri Lanka. It is the first and only insurance company in Sri Lanka to be assigned a prime AAA- rating for Insu ...

. The company's previously owned by

Apollo Hospitals Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited is an Indian multinational healthcare group headquartered in Chennai. Along with the eponymous hospital chain, the company also operates pharmacies, primary care and diagnostic centres, telehealth clinics, ...

. It was founded by Dr Pratap C. Reddy in India. It is situated on Elvitigala Mawatha, also known as Baseline Road, which is a direct route from Colombo's

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. It is also only a few minutes drive from central Colombo. The hospital was commissioned in 2002 as a branch of

India. The hospital was taken over by

Sri Lanka Insurance Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited, also known as Sri Lanka Insurance is the largest and strongest composite insurance provider in Sri Lanka. It is the first and only insurance company in Sri Lanka to be assigned a prime AAA- rating for Insu ...

in 2006. In 2009, it was renamed Lanka Hospitals after it ended a licensing and support services agreement with Apollo Hospitals.Sri Lanka hospital ends deal with India's Apollo, LBO, 13-11-09
There are approximately 350 beds at the hospital including four intensive care units (medical, cardiothoracic, renal and neonatal). The wards are divided into either individual rooms or cubicles with six beds each, depending on the patients’ choice.

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* Companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange Hospital buildings completed in 2002 Hospitals established in 2002 Health care companies of Sri Lanka Private hospitals in Sri Lanka 2002 establishments in Sri Lanka Hospitals in Colombo {{SriLanka-hospital-stub