Jan 21,2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Lanka Hospitals which was formerly known as Apollo appointed Gamini Wickramasinghe as the new chairman with effect from 19th this month, the company said in a stock exchange filling.
He was an independent non-executive director of the hospital prior to his appoint.
Wickramasinghe appointment follows the resignation of former Defence and Urban Development secretary Gotabayak Rajapaksa as chairman of the company with the defeat of President Mahinda Rajapaksa regime.
Lanka Hospitals Corporation Ltd commenced operations in Sri Lanka on June 2002, under the brand name of Apollo Hospitals, a part of the chain of Apollo Hospitals, India.
The hospital ended deals with Indian Apollo in 2009. The move comes in the wake of the hospital coming under state control following a court order.
In August a new board was appointed to the hospital including the head of Sri Lanka's defence establishment, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
This was after Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, which had taken control of the privately built Apollo Hospital, went back under state control.
Rajapaksa became a director with the appointment of a new board representing its controlling shareholder Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation.
He was an independent non-executive director of the hospital prior to his appoint.
Wickramasinghe appointment follows the resignation of former Defence and Urban Development secretary Gotabayak Rajapaksa as chairman of the company with the defeat of President Mahinda Rajapaksa regime.
Lanka Hospitals Corporation Ltd commenced operations in Sri Lanka on June 2002, under the brand name of Apollo Hospitals, a part of the chain of Apollo Hospitals, India.
The hospital ended deals with Indian Apollo in 2009. The move comes in the wake of the hospital coming under state control following a court order.
In August a new board was appointed to the hospital including the head of Sri Lanka's defence establishment, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
This was after Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, which had taken control of the privately built Apollo Hospital, went back under state control.
Rajapaksa became a director with the appointment of a new board representing its controlling shareholder Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation.
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