Medical Missions
Our volunteer teams of medicos and assistants provide hands-on medical screening, advice and procedures. It is also a time to educate those in need, whether they be clinic attendees from the tea fields or orphanages, or the medical professionals to learn and implement new techniques.
AUSLMAT has transported more than $8 million worth of equipment over the years to Sri Lanka and provided medication to thousands of under-privileged people. We have strong support from the Australian Sri Lankan community who help us overcome bureaucratic and language barriers. AUSLMAT visits Sri Lanka generally each year (sometimes more often). Each visit includes delivery of donated medical equipment and other supplies, hospital lectures, ward rounds, and clinics in remote areas and orphanages. The doctors are accompanied by medical students and nurses seeking to broaden their experience, families, friends and other supporters from many walks of life. Team members pay all their own expenses (including airfares, accommodation and food), so when you DONATE, nearly 100% of your donations fund the logistics of shipping containers filled with medical supplies and equipment.
Itinerary: SRI LANKA Trip August 2022:
Day 0: 16th Aug (Tues)
Fly Melb 4.00pm to Katunayake 10.30pm
Stay night in Negombo
Day 1: 17th Aug (Wed)
Drive to A’Pura (4 hours) en route Pinnawela
Visit A’pura Hospital
Stay the night in A’pura
Day 2: 18th Aug (Thurs)
Visit Rajarata Uni AM Drive to Jaffna
Stay in Jaffna
Day 3: 19th Aug (Frid)
Visit Jaffna hospital / sight seeing
Stay in Jaffna
Day 4: 20th Aug (Sat)
Drive back to A’pura
Sight seeing
Stay at …………
Day 5: 21st Aug (Sun)
Sigiriya / Dambulla rock temple
Minneriya elephant park or sight seeing
Stay in Pollonnaruwa
Day 6: 22nd Aug (Mon)
Drive to Dehiattakandiya (1 hour from Polonnaruwa)
DK hospital visit
Clinic in DK
Stay the night in DK
Day 7: 23rd Aug (Tues)
Drive to Kandy ( 3 hours)
Visit Digana hospital en route
? Peradeniya Teaching Hospital
Pera botanical gardens / Kandy town / Stay in Kandy
Day 8: 24th Aug (Wed)
Ella train ride (Ella Odyssey) from Kandy to Ella
Ella sight seeing Ravana falls / Ravana caves / Little Adam’s peak Stay in Ella 98 Acres
Day 9: 25th Aug (Thursday)
Ella sight seeing
Drive to Tissa (2 and a half hours) ? can drive through Yala
Stay in Tissa
Day 10: 26th Aug (Frid)
Clinic in Tissa
Meet KKS kids
Stay in Tissa
Day 11: 27th Aug (Sat)
Drive to Karapitiya
Karapitiya hospital (PM)
– Visit Galle Forte, Stay in Galle
Day 12: 28th Aug (Sun)
Karapitiya hospital (AM)
Drive to Udawalawe (1 and a half hours)
Udawalawe National Park safari
Stay night in Udawalawe
Visit Digana hospital en route
? Peradeniya Teaching Hospital
Day 13: 29th Aug (Mon)
Drive to Colombo
En route attractions: Padukka hospital (where the freezer was donated) and Pilapitiya Ayurveda Hospital
Stay in Colombo
Day 14: 30th Aug (Tues)
Spend in Colombo , visit Ministry of Health
– Port City, Old Dutch Hospital
– Fly back to Melbourne, arriving in Melbourne at 2.30pm on the 31st