In 1985, Lanka Medicare entered into a private-public partnership with Dr. P. ulty of the University of Colombo and the first kidney transplant in Sri Lanka on 5 October 1985 with a team of surgeons at the University of Colombo. In 1995, Lanka Medicare became the Western Inmarry, pioneering the field of kidney transplantation and dialysis in Sri Lanka.
During the last 35 years Lanka Medicare company became WH and by 2015, The company had conducted more than a 1000 transplants and over 100,000 dialysis cases maintaining its position as a leading force in Kidney Transplantation and Hemodialysis in Sri Lanka. Many foreign patients have enjoyed WH services and has been an integral component in making the KT program the most successful medical tourism program in Sri Lanka.
