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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Condition Of First Heart Transplant Patient Is Improving -Director Kandy Teaching Hospital

The condition of the female Heart Patient undergone the first Heart Transplant Surgery in Kandy Teaching Hospital is stable and doctors are supervising her condition closely according to the Director of the Hospital Dr.Saman Rathnayake.

The medical team performed the first ever Heart Transplant Surgery is ready perform more in future Dr.Rathnayake has stressed.

If a proper Organ donor system is in function here then it will be easier to carry out Heart Transplant Surgeries here without any difficulty he has stated.

Meanwhile a senior Cardio Thoracic Surgeon here has stated that almost all the Sri Lankan Cardio Thoracic Surgeons are well equipped with Heart Transplant technique and due to the lack of facilities available in Hospitals they are not able to perform this Surgery.

According to the Western Medical circles a Heart Transplant Patient can live around 15 years after the surgery.

Monday, July 10, 2017

Visiting WHO Team Handed Over A Report To The Health Minister On How To Reduce Mosquito Density And Number Of Dengue Patients In Short period

A visiting World Health Organization(WHO) Expert Team has handed over a report contained methods and plans on how to reduce the Dengue Mosquito Larvae Density and the number of Dengue Patients up to 50% within four weeks time to the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne yesterday(10).

The report was prepared and handed over by four doctors attached to the WHO as per the request made by Health Minister few days ago .

WHO Team has prepared the report after visiting Dengue hit areas throughout the country and the Team had today(11) explained the Cabinet Ministers on the report it has been revealed.

While praising the commitment of Hospital Medical staff in Government Hospitals regarding the management of Dengue Patient care in hospitals and the way the authorities reduced the Dengue Deaths. The WHO Expert Team has revealed that the Dengue Mosquito Larvae density in Asian countries like Vietnam,Cambodia and Laos two increased.

Two Police Officers Attached To Point Of Pedro Police Had Been Arrested Over Firing A Lorry And Killed A Person

Police have arrested An Assistant Superintendant of

Police and a Police constable attached to the Point Of Pedro Police over shot and Killed a youth in Sand Transporting vehicle.

Both Police Officers have been interdicted from their services it has been revealed

The two suspected Police Officers had fired a Lorry tranporting sand illegally as the Lorry didnt stop on Sunday evening at Point of Pedro and a person in the vehicle was killed due to the incident.

GOLDEN MELODIES

Health Minister On A Toddy Problem In Kautara

Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has today

(10)ordered the Excise Department officials and the Police to arrest illegal containers contained artifical toddy transport from North Western Province to Kalutara District, without any fear.

During the previous government some powerful persons in Kalutara district had received Rs.250,000 daily from liquour companies as a bribe behalf of transporting artifical toddy the Minister has stated.

As the transporting of artificial toddy is an illegal act authorities should have taken an action to prevent it he has stressed.

Heartbeat Of The Female Heart Transplant Patient In Kandy Hospital Returned Normalcy

The heartbeat of the female patient who underwent

the first Heart Transplant Surgery in Sri Lanka performed at Kandy Teaching Hospital has returned normalcy and she is doing well according to Hospital sources.

It was a eight hour surgery performed on 07th of July with the participation of a 20 member local medical team sources have added.

The female had suffered from Cardiomyopathi with 12% of her heart failed Doctors have stated.

This expensive surgery was performed by the local medical team free of charge at a time a separate ward not allocated for those who need Heart Tranplants in Kandy Hospital it has been revealed.