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Pediatric Liver Transplantation in Sri Lanka
conducted a study focusing on pediatric liver transplantation in Sri Lanka. Liver diseases are prevalent among Children and the ultimate cure for medically refractory liver diseases is liver transplantation. The first paediatric liver transplant in the world took place about 60 years ago and, it was only in 2020, that a successful paediatric liver transplant was completed within the country. Establishing a children's liver transplant program in a low-income country with free healthcare, such as in Sri Lanka, has not been without limitations and hurdles.
Read the research, published on the Latest Research web page of the Research Council's official page with the article abstract link: https://units.kln.ac.lk/.../235-pediatric-liver... 
or in the Pediatric Transplantation: https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.14681
Article Title: Challenges faced in establishing a pediatric liver transplant program in a lower-middle-income country with free healthcare service
Authors: Meranthi Fernando, Suchintha Tillakaratne, Bhagya Gunetilleke, Chamila Liyanage, Chinthaka Appuhamy, Aruna Weerasuriya, Buddhika Uragoda, Nadeeshya Welikala, Liyanage Ranaweera, Eranga Ganewatte, Janaki Dissanayake, Anushka Mudalige, Rohan Siriwardana
