{"id":17756,"date":"2020-07-24T10:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T10:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/?page_id=17756"},"modified":"2020-11-26T06:50:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T06:50:55","slug":"paediatric-cardiothoracic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/departments4\/specialist-services-2\/paediatric-cardiothoracic-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Paediatric\u00a0Cardiothoracic Surgery\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cardiothoracic surgical unit at LRH was established on 17 January 2007. This still is, the only dedicated cardiothoracic surgical service in the public sector, for not only neonates, infants and children but also for most of the adult congenital heart disease patients of the whole country.<\/p>\n

From a modest beginning of 200 surgeries in year 2007 with the cardiothoracic unit, two cardiac operating theatres and a 6 bedded cardiac ICU, the unit has progressed to perform well over 800 open and closed heart operations per year from 2011 onwards following inception of 2 operating theatres, a 12 bedded HDU in 2010. In addition, emergency and elective thoracic surgery is also performed with visiting thoracic surgeons from chest hospital Welisara, attending frequently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\nMeet the Team <\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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The work force consists of four consultant cardiothoracic surgeons, three consultant anaesthetists, one consultant paediatric intensivist and one consultant neonatologist, and other medical and allied staff consisting of surgical, anaesthesia and intensive care medical officers, nurses, perfusionists and physiotherapists.<\/p>\n

Dr.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kanchana\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Singappuli<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nConsultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Yousouf<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lahie<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nConsultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Priyanga\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rathnayake<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nConsultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0M. S.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mugunthan<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nConsultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\nWards, Units and Clinics <\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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The unit comprises of three fully equipped cardiothoracic surgical operating theaters, and two wards (Ward 20A and 20B) for admitting pre and post-operative patients respectively. The unit is supported by two dedicated Cardiac Intensive Care units with a total bed capacity of 18 beds and a recently commissioned human tissue bank which provides homograft tissue for cardiac surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name of Consultant<\/strong><\/td>\nSpecialty<\/strong><\/td>\nWard<\/strong><\/td>\nClinic Room<\/strong><\/td>\nDay of the week<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Kanchana Singappuli<\/td>\nConsultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon<\/td>\nWard 20 A & B<\/td>\n1st Floor (Room 4)- Cardiology Building<\/td>\nWednesday 2pm – 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Y. K. M. Lahie<\/td>\nConsultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon<\/td>\nWard 20 A & B<\/td>\n1st Floor (Room 4)- Cardiology Building<\/td>\nThursday 12noon – 3pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. R.M.P.J.K. Rathnayaka<\/p>\n
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Dr.M.S.Mugunthan<\/td>\n

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon<\/p>\n
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Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon<\/td>\n

Ward 20 A & B<\/p>\n
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Ward 20 A & B<\/td>\n

1st Floor (Room 4)- Cardiology Building<\/p>\n
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st Floor (Room 4)- Cardiology Building<\/td>\n

Tuesday 2pm – 4pm<\/p>\n

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Monday 2pm – 4pm<\/p>\n

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\n\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\nOur Services <\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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The patients are referred for surgery mostly from the cardiology unit at LRH. The other referrals are from the consultant paediatric cardiologists from the rest of the country and from the consultant paediatricians both from LRH and outside. The emergency and urgent patients are admitted to the Cardiology ward, NICU or one of the ICU\u2019s at LRH before arranging surgery.<\/p>\n

Elective patients are screened at the surgical clinics. The clinics also conduct long-term follow up of patients following cardiac surgery.<\/p>\n

The common surgeries performed in the unit \u2026<\/p>\n

Open Heart Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n