Vision
To lead the medical profession in the region of Nuwara Eliya to the highest standards of care in the fields of curative as well as preventive health.
Mission
To elevate quality of patient care in the region of Nuwara Eliya, through improving knowledge and skills of health care professionals.
To disseminate updated knowledge in the field of medicine among the health care professionals working in the region.
To promote medical research in the region, leading to generation of new knowledge in the field of medicine.
About Us
Hill country clinical society was established in 2010 by Dr Upali Chandrasiri Consultant Surgeon, and has grown since its establishment to uplift the medical knowledge of the doctors as well as trict General Hospital Nuwara Eliya as well as the region. It is the leading clinical society in the Nuwara Eliya District and closely collaborates with the regional clinical societies like The Kandy Society of Medicine as well as the national clinical societies like CCP,SLMA and the other Colleges.
The Annual academic session is our main academic event and so far there had been six sessions since 2010. Hill country clinical society also organizes regular lectures once in every fortnight as well as joint sessions with the other Colleges. It also webcasts the weekly lecture organized by the Kandy society of medicine done on Wednesdays. Since 2017 the society offers CPD points for the academic activities with the collaboration of National Centre for CPD in Medicine.
This year [2018] society plans to launch the Journal of the society by the name “Hill Country Medical Journal”. The website of the society www.hccs.lk was launched this year [2018] which will greatly enhance the capacity of the society to uplift the medical knowledge in the medical fraternity in the region.