Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne has removed barriers against conducting the second heart transplant surgery in Sri Lanka at Kandy General Hospital, a Health Ministry spokesman said.
According to the spokesman, during a tour of the hospital, Minister Senaratne ordered the Bio-medical Engineering Section of the Health Ministry to provide two Cardiac Output Monitoring Probe with Pulmonary Embolism within three days.
The ministry will provide another cardiac output monitoring machine to the Anesthetic Unit of the hospital.
The Minister ordered the Health Ministry Medical Supply Division to import the chemical required for anesthesia from India soon.