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Biomedical Engineering Services (BES)

  • Established in year 1954.
  • The present building was granted by JICA in 1993.

    • Our Vision

    To become the south Asian centre of excellence in Biomedical engineering services.


    Our Mission

    To support the ministry of health to achieve it’s vision for healthier nation by providing appropriate state of art medical equipment technologies for the government hospitals in the country while achieving the highest standards of Safety, Quality, Reliability, and Accuracy.

    Main Responsibilities:

  • Technology Assessment
  • Equipment Planning
  • Procurement
  • Maintenance Management
  • Training of End-users & Maintenance Staff
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    Annual Preventive and Corrective maintenance carried out by the BES staff

  • At BES workshops - over 4000
  • On site - over 7000

    • Annual Budged:

  • Purchasing of Equipment - 6 billion
  • Maintenance - 2 billion
  • Total value of medical equipment in government hospitals - over Rs.150 billion
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    Number of Hospitals under Line Ministry

  • National Hospital - 01
  • Teaching Hospitals - 18
  • Provincial General Hospitals - 03
  • District General Hospitals - 10
  • Special Hospital - 04
  • Base Hospital - 08

    • Service Expansions – In Progress

  • Renovations and expansion of central BES at Colombo
  • Construction of Eight provincial BME units in the country coving all provinces
  • Establishment of National calibration center for Biomedical Equipment
  • Establishment of a training center for local and international biomedical professionals
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