Gampaha district which was declared as a new administrative district in 1978 was separated from Colombo district in that era. Gampaha district is located in the west of SriLanka and has an area of 1,387 square kilometers (536 sq. mi). It is bounded by Kurunegala and Puttalam districts from north, Kegalle district from east, Colombo district from south and by the Indian Ocean from west. The borders of the district are the Ma Oya on the north, Kelani river on the south and 1,000 ft contour line on the east. Gampaha district is divided into 13 divisional Secretary’s division (DS Divisions), each headed by a divisional secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent).The DS divisions are further sub-divided into 1,177 Grama Niladhari divisions (GN Divisions).
Regional Director of Health Services is the administrative focal point for 2 district general hospitals, 3 base hospitals, 3 divisional hospitals, 45 central dispensaries, 16 Medical officers of health offices, Regional Medical Supply division, STD Programme and Chest programme.
Organization Structure
Units
- Technical Branches Establishment & Administration branch
- Maternal & child health unit
- Regional Epidemiology unit
- Non communicable disease unit
- Oral health unit
- Mental health unit
- Environmental & Occupational health unit
- Disaster management unit
- Quality & satiety unit
- Health information management unit
- School health unit
- Planning unit
- Divisional pharmacist unit
- Food & drug inspectors unit
- Establishment & Administration branch
- Financial branch
Health institutions Under Regional Director of Health Services Gampaha
District General Hospitals
- District General Hospital – Gampaha
Base Hospitals
- Base Hospital type A – Wathupitiwala
- Base Hospital type B- Mirigama
- Base Hospital type B- Kiribathgoda
- Base Hospital type B- Minuwangoda
Divisional Hospitals
Type A
- Divisional Hospital – Divulapitiya
- Divisional Hospital – Dompe
Type B
- Divisional Hospital – Radawana
Type C
- Divisional Hospital – Akaragama
- Divisional Hospital – Biyagama
- Divisional Hospital – Bokalagama
- Divisional Hospital – Ja-Ela
- Divisional Hospital – Malwathuhiripitiya
- Divisional Hospital – Pamunugama
- Divisional Hospital – Udupila
Primary Medical Care Units
- PMCU – Alawala
- PMCU – Ambepussa
- PMCU – Andiambalama
- PMCU – Anuragoda
- PMCU – Badalgama
- PMCU – Bemmulla
- PMCU – Dewalapola
- PMCU – Dunagaha
- PMCU – Ganemulla
- PMCU – Halpe-Katana
- PMCU – Halpe-Mirigama
- PMCU – Handala
- PMCU – Hunupitiya
- PMCU – Kadawatha
- PMCU – Kal-Eliya
- PMCU – Kalagedihena
- PMCU – Kandawala-Katana
- PMCU – Katunayaka
- PMCU – Kochchikade
- PMCU – Korasa
- PMCU – Kotadeniyawa
- PMCU – Madawala
- PMCU – Madelgamuwa
Primary Medical Care Units
- PMCU – Maladeniya
- PMCU – Maligatenna
- PMCU – Malwana
- PMCU – Mandawala
- PMCU – Meethirigala
- PMCU – Muddaragama
- PMCU – Nambuluwa
- PMCU – Pallewela
- PMCU – Pasyala
- PMCU – Peliyagoda
- PMCU – Pugoda
- PMCU – Raddolugama
- PMCU – Seeduwa
- PMCU – Sinharamulla
- PMCU – Thihariya
- PMCU – Thlahena
- PMCU – Urapola
- PMCU – Uswetakeiyawa
- PMCU – Veyangoda
- PMCU – Wekada
- PMCU – Weliweriya
- PMCU – Wewaldeniya
Offices of Medical Officer of Health (MOH)
- MOH Attanagalla
- MOH Biyagama
- MOH Divulapitiya
- MOH Dompe
- MOH Gampaha
- MOH Ja-Ela
- MOH Katana
- MOH Katunayaka
- MOH Kelaniya
- MOH Mahara
- MOH Meerigama
- MOH Minuwangoda
- MOH Negombo
- MOH Ragama
- MOH Seeduwa
- MOH Wattala
STD Clinics
- STD clinic in CNTH Ragama
- STD clinic in DGH Negombo
- STD clinic in DGH Gampaha
- STD clinic in BH Wathupitiwala