Time management is most crucial in providing treatment for a patient of cardiology.
Renowned cardiologist Dr Tanuj Bhatia said this while addressing the one-day Continuing Medical Education (CME) at the department of Cardiology at Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital (SMIH) here on Monday.
He provided detailed information about the various stages involved in the quality life-saving treatment for a cardiac patient and highlighted the role of cardiologists and his support staff.
The Medical Superintendent of SMIH, Dr Vinay Raj inaugurated the CME by lighting a lamp. He informed that in the last four months since its inception, the Cath lab of the hospital has provided life-saving treatment to more than 300 critical cardiac patients.
He further informed that the hospital has the facility of Coronary CT Angiography. Dr Raj said that this state of the art machine is capable of revealing in advance the high risk patients who could have heart attack in future.
“Such patients when knowing that they are prone to heart attack in future can seek cardiologists’ advice well in time and can observe necessary precautions and minimize the risk of heart attack”, he said. In the programme senior cardiologists carried out intellectual discussions and exchanged ideas on the Cath lab. The specialists provided significant tips to the doctors and staff members about the management of treatment of heart attack and heart related diseases.