{"id":18582,"date":"2017-07-17T08:38:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T08:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=18582"},"modified":"2017-07-17T08:38:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T08:38:39","slug":"sri-lankas-first-ever-heart-transplant-completed-maneshka-borham-asela-kuruluwansa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankas-first-ever-heart-transplant-completed-maneshka-borham-asela-kuruluwansa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s first ever heart transplant completed \u2013 by Maneshka Borham and Asela Kuruluwansa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sri Lanka\u2019s first ever heart transplant completed<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Maneshka Borham and Asela Kuruluwansa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sri-Lanka\u2019s-first-ever-heart-transplant-completed-\u2013-by-Maneshka-Borham-and-Asela-Kuruluwansa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18583\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sri-Lanka\u2019s-first-ever-heart-transplant-completed-\u2013-by-Maneshka-Borham-and-Asela-Kuruluwansa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The operation in progress<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Sri Lanka\u2019s first ever heart transplant have been completed successfully at the Kandy Teaching Hospital according to hospital sources. The complex surgery was carried out by an expert team of three heart surgeons, a transplant surgeon, a cardiologist, Transplant Coordinators, Anaesthesiologists and other supportive staff.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The surgery which took place on July 7 has now been declared as a success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the the Director of the Kandy Teaching Hospital Dr. R.M.S.K Ratnayake the recipient has recovered fast and is being monitored closely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe patient\u2019s progress will be closely montitored during the possible rejection period\u201d he said, adding that the transplanted heart is functioning as normal post surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The surgery had commenced at 7 pm on the day with the heart being harvested by Dr.Anil Abeywickrama, the Consultant Cardiac Surgeon of Teaching Hospital, Kandy while the transplant was conducted by Cardiac surgeons Muditha Lansakara and Dr. K. Gnanakanthan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Cardiologist Dr. Sunethra Irugalbandara had been in charge of organ care while Dr. Jagathi Perera provided anaesthesia for the pioneering operation. It had taken the medical team eight hours to complete the surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to hospital sources,the transplanted heart had begun to beat as normal three hours after the surgery was performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The heart was harvested from a 25-year-old youth who was declared brain dead due to a serious head injury following a road traffic accident. The parents of the donor had agreed to donate the heart of the the youth along with his liver and kidneys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The heart was received by a female patient in her mid thirties from Anuradhapura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to Dr.Ratnayake the patient was suffering from cardiomyopathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe condition would have eventually resulted in her death,\u201d he said adding that however she has now been given a lease on life as the donor heart had been an ideal match for the recipient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The recipients of the other organs too are doing well Dr.Ratnayake confirmed. Meanwhile, Dr.Ratnayake said that a special unit will be established at the Kandy hospital in the future for deceased-donor transplant surgeries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Transplant Surgical Team had included Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist Dr. Jagathi Perera, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Anil Abeywickrama, Cardiac surgeons Dr. Muditha Lansakara and Dr.K.Gnanakanthan, Cardiologist Dr.Sunethra Irugalbandara and Transplant Surgeon Dr.P.K.Harischandra.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s first ever heart transplant completed by Maneshka Borham and Asela Kuruluwansa The operation in progress Sri Lanka\u2019s first ever heart transplant have been completed successfully at the Kandy Teaching Hospital according to hospital sources. 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