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Straight from the heart
By Marisa de Silva
Romesh Kaluwitharana has donated some of his cricketing gear, Sanath Jayasuriya a bat and Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas are both contributing a ball each.

The celebrity contributions are for the 'Heart Beat 2004' project being held for the third consecutive year with an international auction as a fundraiser. The Heart Beat project is a special mission, where 'Save the Child Surgery Mercy Mission of Sri Lanka' together with the expertise of Conal Austin FRCS, and his team from the Guy's Hospital UK, perform heart surgery on children, free of charge, at the Karapitiya Hospital, Galle.

The UK team led by Mr. Austin will be in the country from January 22-30, 2005. “Through this project we hope not only to do operations but also to educate doctors in the field to handle acute cases as we want local doctors to take it over in a few years' time," said project coordinator Mr. Zuhair Ibrahim.

The organisers plan to open the auction on December 21 to the international market and keep the bidding open for three days.

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