Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka

SLAF Installs CCTV Systems in wards at Mulleriyawa Hospital

April 09, 2020

A technical team of the Sri Lanka Air Force’s (SLAF) Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Wing at SLAF Base Ratmalana installed Public Addressing Speaker Systems and Wi-Fi connected CCTV Camera Systems in four wards at the Colombo East Base Hospital Mulleriyawa.

This installation, which was carried out on instructions by SLAF Commander Air Marshal Sumangala Dias, will support the health care professionals of the hospital to address and monitor patients infected by COVID-19 from a safe distance.

The installation was carried out by the Technical Team led by the Commanding Officer of the E & TE Wing at Ratmalana, Group Captain Aruna Jayathilaka.

Installing the CCTV and other facilities were completed within 24-hours by the airmen of the SLAF’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Wing.

The SLAF ensured that the technicians were properly equipped in protective clothing while carrying out the installation and the CBRNE team also ensured that the technicians were properly disinfected after the installation.