World Heart Day was celebrated on the theme “Use Heart and Know Heart”, highlighting the dedication and importance of cardiologists
TIL Desk Lucknow/ On the occasion of World Heart Day, the world’s first heart tunnel was inaugurated at Medanta Hospital at 2.30 pm. Through this heart tunnel, people will be able to know about the functioning of the heart, the difference between a good heart and a bad heart, apart from this they will also be able to see all this through video. A press conference was also organized regarding this at 3.00 pm in the Medanta Hospital. Cardiac Sciences team at Medanta Hospital has performed more than 15000 interventions CAG, PTCA, Pacemaker, IVS, TAV, TAVR, ASD, VSD, Bentall, CABG with BIMA, Valve Repair and Replacement, Redo Surgeries, Pediatric Surgeries etc and history has been created by successfully completing the surgeries. While talking about this, health experts gave information on various issues and also created awareness about heart diseases.
According to Dr. R.K Saran, Clinical and Preventive Cardiology, nowadays youth are facing problems like high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol due to irregular lifestyle, which leads to many types of heart related problems, which further becomes a major reason for the death. Therefore people should be careful.
Dr. Nakul Sinha also said that to keep yourself healthy, keep getting yourself checked, keep your weight under control, BP should be 120/80 mmHg, fasting sugar should be around 110 mg, cholesterol should be less than 180 mg, along with this, one should keep in mind that smoking and alchohol consumption should be avoided.
Dr. Praveen Kumar Goyal, Director – Interventional Cardiology said ,”Due to accumulation of fat in the blood vessels that supply oxygenated blood to the heart, blockage occurs in the arteries of the heart and leads to heart attack. A healthy lifestyle is very important to get control over it.”
Dr. Gauranga Majumdar, Director – Cardiac Surgery, Medanta Hospital Lucknow said , “The Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medanta Lucknow has successfully performed more than 3000 heart, lung and vascular operations in the last three and a half years since its inception, and is among the best in the state. This is the highest number of cases done in any government or private hospital. We are always striving to provide the best service.”
On World Heart Day, Dr. Rakesh Kapoor, Medical Director, Medanta Hospital, highlighted the dedication of the doctors and their significant contribution in saving precious lives of people and thanked them for their achievements. He said .”the Cardiac Sciences team of Medanta Hospital has created history by successfully completing many rare surgeries and that is why Medanta Hospital is at number 1 in UP.”
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