China-aided hospital in Sri Lanka completes 1st organ transplant

STORY: China-aided hospital in Sri Lanka completes 1st organ transplant DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the hospital 2 various of the surgery 3 various of the hospital STORYLINE: The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently. It's the first of its kind since the operation of the hospital in 2021. The recipient of the transplant is a 28-year-old woman who had been suffering from kidney disease for 10 years and the kidney donator is her mother. The mother and daughter are in stable condition after the surgery, and both the medical staff and the patient are very satisfied with the results of the operation. The specialized nephrology hospital was built with the assistance of the Chinese government. It has an area of 25,000 square meters, featuring 200 general inpatient beds and 100 hemodialysis beds. Xinhua News Agency correspondent

The Vaclav Havel Bench, Vaclav Havel's Place

The Vaclav Havel Bench, Vaclav Havel's Place

The Jihlava Mayor Karolina Koubova, left, private donator Jiri Pospisil (sitting left) and President of Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Milos Vystrcil (right) unveiled the bench of dissident turned president Vaclav Havel (1936-2011), designed by architect and his friend Borek Sipek, in Jihlava, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic, on Friday, August 21, 2020. The world's 38th Vaclav Havel Bench, commemorating the first Czechoslovak post-Communist President Vaclav Havel, was unveiled as a place serving to have a rest. Similar Havel's Places exist in Washington, Dublin and Barcelona. Architect, designer and Havel's friend Borek Sipek created a public artifact inspired by Havel's personality and democratic ideals. He designed two garden armchairs and a round table by a lime tree, the national tree of the Czech Republic, growing in the middle. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

The Vaclav Havel Bench, Vaclav Havel's Place

The Vaclav Havel Bench, Vaclav Havel's Place

The private donator Jiri Pospisil (centre) attends unveiling of the bench of dissident turned president Vaclav Havel (1936-2011), designed by architect and his friend Borek Sipek, in Jihlava, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic, on Friday, August 21, 2020. The world's 38th Vaclav Havel Bench, commemorating the first Czechoslovak post-Communist President Vaclav Havel, was unveiled as a place serving to have a rest. Similar Havel's Places exist in Washington, Dublin and Barcelona. Architect, designer and Havel's friend Borek Sipek created a public artifact inspired by Havel's personality and democratic ideals. He designed two garden armchairs and a round table by a lime tree, the national tree of the Czech Republic, growing in the middle. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)