Lanka Hospitals completes 600 kidney transplants

The Lanka Hospitals Kidney Care Centre has completed over 600 kidney transplants since its inception in 2002. Due to the quality of service offered by the centre, demand has been increasing and last year saw the centre perform 99 transplants.

CEO, Lanka Hospitals, Dr. Lakith Peiris said, "Our timely investment in state-of-the-art technology enables us to offer patients the best possible service along with the assurance of patient safety."

"The team at the Kidney Care Centre places much focus and commitment to quality and this has been the key to our success. I thank the entire team for the dedication and hard work over the

years, which has been critical to the success of the nephrology and transplant centre," he said.

"I thank the Consultant doctors who have placed confidence in our Kidney Care Centre in the knowledge that their patients will receive the best possible care at Lanka Hospitals. We have carried out transplant on a patient as old as 74 and a patient as young as three. This further reinforces the professionalism and the competency of the centre," Dr. Peiris said.

The Kidney Transplant Unit at the Centre has a multi-disciplinary team comprising a transplant surgeon, anesthetist, urologist and nephrologists.

The centre performs kidney transplants regularly for pediatric and elderly patients, and adhering to laparoscopic techniques for donor surgery and handling complicated second and third time re-transplants.

Patients can be assured of lavish treatment complemented with the best medical and nursing care from trained consultants, nurses and administrative staff, a hospital spokesman said.