the national hospital of sri lanka (sometimes general hospital) is a government hospital in colombo, sri lanka. founded in 1864 as the general hospital, it is the leading hospital in sri lanka and is controlled by the central government. as of 2010 it had 3,246 beds. the hospital has 18 intensive care units and 21 operating theaters. it employs 7,500 staff of which 1,500 are doctors. the hospital carries out 5,000 major and minor surgeries each month and treats over two million out patients a year. situated on a 36-acre site, it includes the dental institute, maligawatte kidney hospital, nurse's training school, post basic nurse's training school, school of eco cardiograph, school of physiotherapy, school of radiography and the university of colombo's faculty of medicine.