Lives Of Thousands Of Heart Patients Are In Danger Due To The Closure Of Two Theaters Attach To Cardio Thoracic Unit Of Colombo National Hospital

The lives of thousands of heart patients who are in the waiting list of the Cardio thoracic Unit of the Colombo National Hospital are in danger due to the closure of two out of the three theaters attached to the unit for urgent repairs according to the Hospital sources.

The two theaters which closed down recently for repairs are due to reopen for surgeries in two months time the sources have stressed.

Due to this situation around 40 heart patients at the Cardio thoracic Unit  and thousands of registered patients in the waiting list for heart surgeries are in life threatening position , and seven such patients at the cardio thoracic unit have died during last few weeks according to the collective of heart patients attached to the Colombo National Hospital.