Noida, Sep 29 (PTI) On World Heart Day, stories of a heart transplant, a complex double valve replacement and a campaign aimed at improving preparedness for cardiac emergencies highlighted different aspects of heart care in the Noida-NCR region on Tuesday.
A 56-year-old man, who underwent a heart transplant earlier this month, was transported from Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad to Fortis Hospital in Sector 62, Noida, through a green corridor created by the Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar traffic police, airport authorities and district administration.
The green corridor, created on September 9, enabled the ambulance to cover the nearly 20-km distance between the airport and the hospital in 16 minutes.
The patient, Tapas Kumar Dey, had been living with chronic heart failure for years and experienced recurrent hospitalisations and severe breathlessness. His condition had deteriorated to the extent that medication was no longer sufficient, doctors said.
Dey said receiving a second chance at life felt like a miracle and expressed gratitude to the donor family and the medical team that treated him.
Dr Ajay Kaul, chairman, Cardiac Sciences, Fortis Hospital, Noida, said the procedure marked the first heart transplant performed at the hospital and in Noida and western Uttar Pradesh.
He said Dey had only about a 10 per cent chance of survival without an immediate heart transplant.
Elsewhere in Noida, a 33-year-old woman underwent a four-hour double heart valve replacement surgery after suffering from rheumatic heart disease.
Pushpa Devi Mishra, a Noida resident, had severe damage to both her mitral and aortic valves, doctors at Kailash Hospital said.
Rheumatic heart disease can develop following a childhood infection caused by Group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus and can progressively damage the heart valves if left untreated.
Dr Satish Mathew, chief cardio-thoracic surgeon and senior consultant, CTVS, Kailash Hospital, said Mishra’s mitral valve had become severely narrowed, a condition known as mitral stenosis, while the aortic valve was leaking significantly.
Mishra said she had begun finding routine household work difficult because of breathlessness and was worried after being told that two of her heart valves were affected and surgery was required.
Yashoda Medicity in Ghaziabad launched a World Heart Day campaign, “Rep Se Rescue Tak: Train Hard, Respond Faster”, focusing on cardiac emergency preparedness in gyms and fitness centres across Delhi-NCR.
The initiative brings together gyms, fitness professionals, cardiologists, emergency medicine specialists, paediatric cardiac experts and fitness influencers to promote awareness about responding to medical emergencies during exercise and training.
Dr P N Arora, chairman and managing director, Yashoda Group of Hospitals, said fitness should also include preparedness to respond to situations requiring immediate medical intervention.
“When a cardiac emergency occurs, the people closest to the individual are often the first link in the response chain,” he said, adding that the initiative seeks to equip gym trainers and fitness professionals with the knowledge and confidence to act during the crucial first minutes.
In another healthcare development in the region, Global Health Ltd, which operates Medanta hospitals, announced that it had been allotted an approximately 10,560-square-metre land parcel at Siddharth Vihar Yojna in Ghaziabad by the Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board (UPAVP).
The parcel was allotted for approximately Rs 165.82 crore on a freehold basis through an online auction conducted by UPAVP.
The company said the strategically located land could accommodate a hospital with more than 350 beds, subject to customary and statutory approvals and approval of its board of directors.
The proposed facility is expected to expand the company’s presence in the Delhi-NCR healthcare ecosystem and provide tertiary and quaternary healthcare services to Ghaziabad and surrounding areas, it said. PTI COR KIS KSS
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