Wound cleaning and dressing
Cleaning and dressing a wound, and re-dressing it as often as it needs — including diabetic foot wounds, pressure sores, and wounds after surgery.
from LKR 2,500 at the centre or at home? — confirm
Sujeewa Senadheera is a Registered Nurse with more than thirty years in nursing. If you are arranging care for a parent and you are not sure what is needed, call first — there is no charge for the conversation.
Veyangoda and across the Gampaha district. The first 5 km of any home visit is free.
The nurse comes to the house. Most of these visits are arranged by a son or daughter, often from abroad. First 5 km free, then charged by zone.
What a home visit involves For a patient who can travelCome to us in Veyangoda for a dressing, catheter care or a blood sample. Opening hours — needed
Where to find usEvery visit is Sujeewa's responsibility. You are told who is coming, by name, before they arrive.
Suwasetha is run by Sujeewa Senadheera, a Registered Nurse with experience in medical, surgical, plastic and reconstruction units in government hospitals. She sees the case, she decides what it needs, and the work is done under her name.
Team — needed. Who else works here, what each person is registered or qualified to do, and which tasks are done without Sujeewa present.There is no dispatcher and no call centre. You will not open the door to someone you were not told about.
Sujeewa Senadheera
Registered Nurse
Both numbers can be checked with the councils.
Certificate photographs — needed before these numbers are publishedPlain descriptions, and a starting price for each. Nothing is decided before the nurse has seen the patient.
Cleaning and dressing a wound, and re-dressing it as often as it needs — including diabetic foot wounds, pressure sores, and wounds after surgery.
from LKR 2,500 at the centre or at home? — confirm
Fitting a urinary catheter, changing it when it is due, and looking after it in between.
from-price — needed
Passing a nasogastric tube — a feeding tube that goes through the nose down to the stomach — for a patient who cannot eat normally.
from-price — needed
Taking a blood sample for tests, at the centre or at the patient's home.
Who issues the report, and how the family receives it — neededfrom-price — needed
Day-to-day nursing help for a patient being looked after at home — injections, monitoring, and support for the family doing the caring.
from-price, per visit or per hour — needed
Any of the above at the patient's own home, across the Gampaha district.
Which of these can be done at home, and by whom — neededtravel from free
Every figure above is a starting price. The final amount is confirmed after the nurse has seen the patient, and always before any work begins.
Is a doctor's referral or prescription needed? — needed, per service Who supplies the dressing materials, and is that included in the price? — needed
Describe the wound, or the situation, in your own words. Medical words are not needed. You will get a straight answer on whether a visit is needed, what it would involve, and roughly what it would cost.
Describe the situation in your own words. You do not need the medical words for it.
You are told who will be coming and roughly when. If that changes, you are told before the time, not after it.
With sterile equipment, and everything needed for the dressing.
Confirm what the family needs to have ready, if anythingUnhurried, and with as little discomfort as possible. Anyone who wants to stay in the room is welcome to stay.
What the wound looks like today, what to watch for before the next visit, and when that visit is due.
Post-visit WhatsApp update — decision pending. If yes, it goes here and on the Home Visits page. Typical number of visits for a dressing course — needed
| Zone | Distance | Travel charge |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 1Town list — needed | Up to 5 km | Free |
| Zone 2Town list — needed | 5 – 10 km | LKR 500 |
| Zone 3Town list — needed | 10 – 15 km | LKR 1,000 |
| Zone 4Town list — needed | 15 – 20 km | LKR 1,500 |
| Further afieldElsewhere in the Gampaha district | Over 20 km | On the call |
These amounts can change. Whatever the zone says, the exact travel charge is confirmed on the call before anything is arranged.
A phone call is the quickest way. If it is the middle of the night where you are, send a WhatsApp message instead and it will be answered in the morning.