99x Technology donates medical equipment worth Rs. 4.5mn to Kalubowila and Wathupitiwala Hospitals

Chairman of 99x Technology, Dag Honningsvåg, met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Norway, Godfrey Cooray, Minister Counsellor Nilanthini Arulpiragasam and the staff of the embassy to discuss urgent medical needs donated to the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital and Wathupitiwala Base Hospital.

99x Technology provided more than 190,000 NOK worth of medical equipment to both hospitals.

Kalubowila Hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU) was given medical equipment worth NOK 46,250 by way of Intermittent pneumatic compressor devices (two units) and portable suction apparatus devices (three units), two intermittent pneumatic compressor devices (NOK 24,500) and a three portable suction apparatus devices (NOK 21,750).

Wathupitiwala Base Hospital was provided a container-based facility to set up a PCR testing lab at a cost of NOK 145,500. This involved sourcing and fitting-out two 40-feet container units, complete with partitioning and air-conditioning.

The donation of the medical equipment and PCR lab was initiated by Ambassador Cooray in collaboration with 99x Chairman Honningsvåg.

99x Technology, founded in 2000, is a niche software product engineering company based in Sri Lanka with offices in Norway and Australia. With full stack product engineers, the company is a lifecycle solutions provider, generating long term recurring revenues.

The firm’s key value lies in its understanding of the Nordic market, a unique product engineering methodology, high quality delivery process and a team of experienced product engineers. 99x Technology has developed over 175 software products impacting millions of people across the globe.

More than 300 Sri Lankan Software Engineers from Moratuwa University and the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) are based in the company in Sri Lanka. 99x Technology is one of Asia’s highest ranked workplaces, ensuring optimum customer satisfaction.

The company has won plaudits for best workplaces for women 2019, best workplaces in Sri Lanka 2019 and Asia’s best workplaces amongst SME’s. 99x caters to multiple sectors such as healthcare, automotive, energy, travel and tourism, government and several industries in the Nordic Region so far.

The team 99x will continue to identify and support relief efforts in Sri Lanka.