Bhubaneswar : July 13: Gleneagles Global Hospitals, a Parkway Pantai Enterprise operates a chain of multi-super specialty hospitals offering tertiary and quaternary healthcare services with over 2,000 beds and state-of-the-art, world-class hospitals in India. The hospital launches its patient outreach clinic in Bhubaneswar for two transplant programs namely Heart Transplant and Lung Transplant.
A pioneer and a leader in kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas and bone marrow transplants, Gleneagles Global Hospitals provides comprehensive multi-organ transplant services in the country. Leading doctors in the field of Heart Transplant and Lung Transplant are present in Bhubaneswar today and their visit is aimed to communicate the strength of the transplant programs at Gleneagles Global Hospitals in India. Patients from Bhubaneswar will have the benefit of getting the right and timely treatment by the team of renowned experts.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Thasee Pillay, Senior Consultant-Cardiac and Cardiopulmonary Transplant Surgeon said, “The Heart transplant program has many firsts to its credit in India and South Asia. Through our outreach clinic in Bhubaneswar, we aim to address many more patients who are suffering from Heart diseases and provide them with the best treatment options available.”
Dr Sai Sudhakar, Consultant – Cardiology ,MD, DM, FACC also added; about the importance of “Heart Transplantation or Cardiac transplantation is recommended by doctors in cases of heart failure, when heart disease is advanced and medications no longer improve the patient’s condition and the patient requires frequent hospitalisation. Heart transplant removes a damaged or diseased heart and replaces it with a healthy one. The healthy heart comes from a donor who has died. Beyond lifestyle modifications, change in dietary habits and increased exercise, the Doctors suggest that it is important that the problem is diagnosed and treated at the first opportunity. Regular health checks are a good way to safeguard against any problems.”
Present at the event Dr A.Nagesh, Sr Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Gleneagles Global Hospitals said, “Most of us take it granted that we have a healthily functioning heart. Despite the various advancements and improvements in treatment options, Heart disease still remains one of the biggest killers. Not only the obese and elderly, but also the seemingly young and healthy can be affected.”
Dr S K Narayan Dash, Consultant – Cardiology, MD (General Medicine), DM said, “It is recommended by Doctors in patients who suffer from coronary artery disease (decreased blood supply to heart) or due to advanced valve problems or related to birth defect which were not treated in time or due to cardiomyopathy (a condition where heart muscle fails to work and the causes are not known).Then for some patients the only alternative is “Heart Transplant”.
