Lanka Hospitals celebrated World Heart Day recently. The event also marked the successful completion of 9,000 heart surgeries at the hospital’s Heart Centre.
Lanka Hospitals’ Group Chief Executive Officer Deepthi Lokuarachchi, Lanka Hospitals’ Director Medical Services, Dr. Wimal Karandagoda, senior members of Lanka Hospitals’ management, heart specialists and staff of the hospital’s Heart Centre were also present.
The event also included an educational panel discussion by three senior resident cardiac specialists with regard to heart health and the importance of preventing heart disease. The members of the panel were Resident Consultant Cardiologist Dr. M. Mubarak, Chief Resident Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. G. Gandhiji and Resident Consultant Cardiac Anaesthesiologist Dr. P. Lushantha.
The Heart Centre at Lanka Hospitals offers a complete range of comprehensive cardiac and cardiothoracic surgical procedures.
Lanka Hospitals has obtained accreditations for its healthcare service standards including the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation sixth edition and the Medical Tourism Certification from the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA). Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics (LHD) has also been accredited by the laboratory accreditation body, the College of American Pathologists (CAP).