Heart Patients Due To Undergo Heart Operations Including Bypass And Tests At Kandy Hospital Are In Battle Of Life And Death Due To The Closure Of Cardio Thoracic Unit

Kandy Teaching Hospital

All  Heart Surgeries including Bypass  and tests that identify the heart diseases performing at Cardio thoracic Unit of  Kandy Teaching Hospital have been stopped since 02nd of September According to All Ceylon Nurses Union.

Due to this situation the Patients who are in Waiting Lists of the hospital for Heart Surgeries and Tests are facing a battle of  life and death the Union has said.

The closure of Cardio Thoracic Unit for repair work including tiling  the floors of Theaters and Wards is the main cause for this situation.

Around 1200 Heart Patients registered for Heart Surgeries including Bypass at the hospital and 1500 patients registered for Tests including "Angiogramme Test" are in difficult situation due to this according to the president of All Ceylon Nurses Union A.Gamini Kumarasinha.

The Nurses Union has yesterday (08) requested the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala to intervene this situation and open the Cardio Thoracic Unit of Kandy Teaching Hospital with immediate effect.