In a remarkable achievement, the doctors at the Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur installed a pacemaker in the heart of an infant within one hour of his birth. The doctors believed that this might be the first case of installation of pacemaker on a Neonatal in the country.
The child of Pramila, who had lost a child in past, was diagnosed with poor heart beat of 50 per minute as against the normal rate of 120 to 160 while it was in the womb.Cardiologist of Apollo Hospital, Dr Rajeev lochan Bhanj after diagnosing the problem in foetus consulted with Cardiac surgeon of Apollo Hospital Dr Sanjay Jain and Pediatrician Dr Indira Mishra and they found that a pacemaker was necessary to maintain normal heart beat of the baby.
They decided to install pacemaker in the baby immediately after birth and a pacemaker according to the requirement was arranged by the hospital.The baby was born in the nursing home of Dr Riya Makheeja and immediately shifted to Apollo Hospital where the doctors were ready for the surgery.
“The heart was beating at the rate of 50 per minute at the time of birth and it went down to 40 by the time the baby reached Apollo Hospital. The situation was almost a congenital heart block,” said Dr Bhanj.The surgery was performed immediately and a pacemaker was installed within an hour of birth of the baby.CEO of Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur Dr Anil Kumar Sharma congratulated the team of doctors and said that it is a rare surgery as only a few such surgeries have been performed in foreign countries.
The others who provided assistance in the surgery included Dr Kartik Dhami, Sanjay, Venkatesh, Satish, Jahagir, Madan, sister Amandeep, Kalpana, Sudama and others.