Matara District Cooperative Hospital Society Ltd. from Sri Lanka has joined ICA in January 2021.

Matara District Cooperative Hospital Society Ltd. is a consumer cooperative. They provide training, development and strengthening of the Hospital Cooperative Network. They were formed to provide practical hospital services for the benefit of rural poor marginalized communities. They aim to guide members on how to maintain their health and correct livelihood, grant medical facilities and sanitary services to members and their dependents as well as to non-members. Grant health insurance, family health advice, self-development advice and savings services to members. They provide various services such as maintenance of hospitals, pharmaceuticals, research facilities, import and production equipment and instruments, constructing hospitals, etc.

There are now 111 members from 32 countries in the Asia and Pacific Region.