On the 1st of October, 2020, celebrating World Children’s Day, on the invitation of the Director of LRH, Dr. G. Wijesuriya and all of us at LRH, it was a privilege to have Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksha..

Celebration of 125 Years – Prime Minister’s visit to LRH

Kasun’s story
Kasun is a 9 year old boy referred to us from Kurunegala presenting with fever and cervical lymph node enlargement for 2 weeks. In Kurunegala hospital child was operated and lymphnode was excised but the fever continued. At LRH we thoroughly investigated him and diagnosed to have Melioidosis...

Dulneth and Dilruwan’s story
A set of conjoint twins named Dulneth and Dilruwan (names have been changed to maintain confidentiality) was born in 2010 in Castle Street Hospital for Women following lower segment caesarian section. Combined birth weight was 4.5kg. They were Thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins....

Establishment of neurosurgery unit
One of the latest addition to sub-specialities of Lady Ridgeway Hospital...

Opening of the burns unit theatre
A much needed operating and dressing theatre facility for the burns unit was opened on the

‘Growing ideas for action’
Launching of a quality improvement project by PCICU Quality Forum on the 14th of August 2020.

Minimal invasive surgery for the children at LRH
Journey of evolving trends of laporoscopy surgery at LRH
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