Director’s message

At Teaching Hospital Peradeniya we cherish, promote and practice high quality, ethical, evidence-based medicine. The staff of the hospital is committed to deliver quality professional service and outstanding hospitality. These services are provided for all individuals free of charge. Further we take consideration of their needs with respect to cultural diversity and health seeking behaviours.

We work with a mission to create a healthy community by delivering comprehensive and quality health care. Based on this mission we work under the motto: (1) Provide promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health service to the people (2) Provide training for Medical, Dental undergraduates and postgraduates and medical laboratory Technologist. (3) Provide an environment to conduct research.

We work collaboratively with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya from the inception of the hospital, 1980.

We welcome all stakeholders to become constructively involved in suggesting ideas, identifying opportunities for improvement and participating in continuous improvement of the Teaching Hospital Peradeniya. We cannot achieve our mission, vision, values or our associated goals and objectives without help from all our partners. We encourage staff at all levels of the hospital, individuals served, families, friends and other interested parties to become engaged and involved in the provision of care.