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In 2015, China, under the BRI, agreed to provide financial assistance to Sri Lanka in building the national nephrology specialist hospital in Polonnaruwa region. The construction of a 25,000 square-meters Sino-Sri Lanka friendship hospital, at an estimated cost of USD 61.5 million, began in 2018 and was completed in June 2021. The Sino-Sri Lanka friendship hospital has advanced equipment including 5 operating theatres, 2 intensive care units (ICUs) along with 200 general inpatient beds and 100 hemodialysis beds.  Recently, a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor has successfully been performed at the hospital.

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https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/construction-of-china-aided-hospital-begins-in-sri-lanka-118072100645_1.html

https://www.southasiamonitor.org/china-watch/china-funded-nephrology-hospital-completed-sri-lanka

https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20220318/5925184fd4254ae7a497f41972799846/c.html