Indiana a pioneer in structural heart diseases treatment
Mangaluru (Press Release): Indiana Hospital and Heart Institute, Mangaluru, a pioneer in heart care throughout south India, celebrated a key milestone of performing two TAVI/TAVRs in a single day to mark the completion four years of Indiana’s structural heart diseases program.
Keeping abreast with the time, where surgery can be avoided and simple, less painful, affordable are the order of the day, Indiana Hospital has once again proved to be one of the best heart centres for treatment of structural heart diseases without surgery.
The structural disease program, initiated in 2019 at Indiana, and first time in Mangaluru, began with TAVI/TAVR. Subsequently, the program encompassed the procedure for mitral valve replacement in 2020 which was done in first time in Karnataka, a feat Indiana is proud of. In these four years, Indiana has been performing procedures for structural heart diseases on a regular basis and with astounding results. This is the first and largest centre in the region to start this program to treat structural heart diseases and has been well acknowledged by healthcare consultants and patients. To add another feather on its cap, another complicated case of TAVI/TAVR, one with angioplasty, were performed in a single day last week at Indiana.
Says Dr. Yusuf Kumble, managing director and chief interventional cardiologist, “With the epidemic structural heart disease hitting India hard, the scenario is changing rapidly with new techniques. Indiana hospital has been the pioneer in the state to adopt new techniques to treat such diseases without surgery. Through our structural heart disease program, we have been performing procedures like TAVI/TAVR, Mitral valve replacement, etc on a regular basis and with 100 per cent success rate.”
He adds, “The Indiana Team of cardiologists are fully equipped with these techniques of advance therapies so that patients in the region can get best of the treatment without surgery at a lesser cost as compared to the metro cities.” Little wonder then Indiana Hospital has positioned itself as a most sought after centre for procedures like TAVI/TAVR.
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T'gana RTC strike: Talks between govt, employees successful
Hyderabad (PTI): Talks between employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (RTC) who were on strike and the state government concluded successfully on Friday as the government agreed to the key demands of the workmen.
Following a day-long marathon of talks between the leaders of the employees' Joint Action Committee (JAC) and the cabinet sub-committee, the government announced after midnight that it acceded to the demands, including a merger of RTC with the government, 11 per cent pay revision and elections to the employees' unions.
A committee comprising officials and employee leaders would be appointed over the merger of RTC with the government, it said.
The RTC management has also agreed to address the remaining issues as well, an official release said.
The employees would call off their strike and the RTC buses would hit the roads shortly, it said.
The employees had been on an indefinite strike since April 22 over a series of demands, including the merger of RTC with the government.
Earlier in the day, a driver of the RTC, who attempted suicide on April 23 during the strike, died at a hospital here in the early hours of Friday.
Shankar Goud, a 55-year-old driver, set himself ablaze by pouring petrol at Narsampet in Warangal district when the employees were staging a protest on Thursday in support of their demands.
Goud suffered serious burns, was initially admitted to a state-run hospital in Warangal, and later shifted to a super-speciality hospital in Hyderabad for advanced treatment.
"He succumbed (to injuries) at about 1.30 am on Friday," a senior official said.
The driver’s body was taken to his relative’s village, Muttojipet in Warangal district, for funeral rites.
Tension prevailed in Muttojipet as his family members and RTC employees attempted to take the body to the Narsampet bus station, where he worked, to enable his colleagues to pay their last respects. However, police did not permit this, citing law-and-order concerns.
This led to a deadlock before the funeral could proceed.
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar criticised the Telangana government for not allowing the body to be taken to the Narsampet bus station.
Kumar, Minister of State (Home), visited Muttojipet village in Warangal district, where the funeral was held, and paid homage to Goud.
“They (family members) want to take the body to the bus depot for five minutes. Is the RTC bus depot in Pakistan or Bangladesh? They are emotionally attached to taking the body there. The government is hurting sentiments and creating fear among RTC employees,” Kumar told reporters.
He also expressed anger at the police for not allowing the body to be taken to the bus station and staged a protest, according to a release from his office.
RTC employees and BJP workers attempted to take the mortal remains in an ambulance to Narsampet, but were stopped by the police.
Later, after discussions with the police, the family members and RTC employees agreed to conduct the funeral in the village.
Sanjay Kumar, stating he would abide by the family’s decision, left the village after the funeral was conducted there.
Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh, a house, and a government job would be provided to the kin of Goud.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy expressed shock over the employee’s death and conveyed deep condolences to the grieving family, according to the release.
The RTC employees’ JAC had earlier announced an agitation programme from April 24 to 29, including silent marches and submission of memorandums to MLAs and other leaders.
