Sri Lanka, April 25 -- Two high-tech machines provided to the Kandy National Hospital at a cost of Rs.600 million as part of the planned programme implemented by the Ministry of Health and Mass Media to increase the physical resources of the health service were inaugurated by Kandy National Hospital Director Dr. Iresha Fernando on Thursday (23).

Accordingly, two machines, the Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) machine and the Digital Subtraction Angiography, were made available to the public.

The Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) machine, worth Rs.200 million, can treat urinary tract stones without surgery or other invasive treatments. It is used for treatment purposes by using ultrasonic waves to break up the mate...