For treatment of patients of heart ailments, a state of the art Cath lab was inaugurated at the department of cardiology of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Rishikesh on Wednesday.
The modern Azerian Model Cath Lab was inaugurated by AIIMS Director Ravi Kant, NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul and Head of Department of ENT, AIIMS Delhi, Dr S K Sharma The establishment of a separate Cath lab in the heart disease department will speed up the treatment of patients suffering from various heart diseases in the institute.
Speaking on the occasion, the AIIMS Director Ravi Kant said that with the installation of the country's first modular cardiac Cath lab, the facility of treatment of heart diseases related angioplasty will be provided, so that more and more patients can be diagnosed with the disease. He informed that with the establishment of the most modern Cath lab will double the numbers of patients undergoing angioplasty treatment. The director added that the facility will also speed up the treatment of heart rate disease ablation being done in the institute for almost a year and treatment will be available to such patients soon. He claimed that at AIIMS Rishikesh treatment of congestive heart disease by telescopic method is done.
“With the help of software of structural intervention available in the new Cath lab, the binocular method will make it easier to treat congenital clues in the heart,’’ he said.
The director further informed that there is a plan to establish the Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Electro Physiology and Heart Failure Sub-Specialty Department for diagnosis of ablation related diseases in the institute soon.
The Head of the Department of Cardiology, Dr Bhanu Duggal said as of now the institute had a combined Cath lab of Radiology and Cardiology, due to which about 100 angioplasty cases were done in the department in a month but with the installation of the new modern Cath lab the number of angioplasty cases would get doubled.
“Now, the telescopic method for treating the congenital hole in the heart from children and adults will be possible in AIIMS Rishikesh,’’ he said.