Lanka Hospitals unveils the latest state-of-the-art cath lab

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Lanka Hospitals Deputy Chairperson Roshini Cabraal cutting the ribbon at the opening of the hospital’s state-of-the-art cath lab

Lanka Hospitals’ new, state-of-the-art cath lab

Lanka Hospitals, the internationally accredited multiple award-winning healthcare provider has unveiled a new state-of-the-art cath lab that offers the latest technology for cardiac and neurological interventional procedures.

The advanced technology provides patients the ability to undergo cardiology and neurological procedures such as angiograms, angioplasties, stenting and device-implants. “The latest and advanced cath lab technology at Lanka Hospitals provides the convenience of carrying out interventional cardiac radiology procedures in a faster and more accurate manner. This thereby allows a medical specialist to diagnose patients more accurately. We consider this to be yet another great achievement for Lanka Hospitals’ Heart Centre,” Lanka Hospitals Acting Group CEO cum Director Medical Services Dr. Wimal Karandagoda stated.

Lanka Hospitals’ Heart Centre is considered to be the pioneer in heart care in the private health sector with over 8,000 successful cardiac surgeries completed to-date. Lanka Hospitals is the first hospital in Sri Lanka to be awarded with some of the most prestigious accreditations in the world for its healthcare service standards including the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation sixth edition and the world-respected Medical Tourism Certification from the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA). Furthermore, Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics (LHD) is the only Sri Lankan laboratory to be accredited by the prestigious laboratory accreditation body, The College of American Pathologists (CAP).