SKIMS conducts live workshop on ‘Complex Heart Diseases’

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 21: A two-day live workshop was today conducted at SKIMS by the department of CVTS in Collaboration with the department of Cardiac Surgery, Max Hospital New Delhi on Complex CABG.
Three patients were diagnosed with Complex Coronary Artery Disease with Valvular Heart Disease and Severe LV Dysfunction.
All the patients were successfully operated on during the Live Workshop by Dr Rajesh Malhota, Prof G.N.Lone, Dr Ratna Mallik Dr Ab. Majeed, Dr Farooq Ganie, Dr Zubair Ashraf, Dr Nadeem-ul-Nazeer, Dr Haroon Naqshi and other team members.
The Anesthetic backup was provided by Dr Sanjoy Kumar Majhi (Max, Hospital), Prof Showkat Gurkoo, Dr Iqra Nazir (SKIMS) and their other team members.
The team was technically assisted by Lateef Kurpal, Firdous Ahmad, Asif Ahmad, Shameem, Meema, Mehak, Shakeela, Sabzar, Bilal, Rafia, Lekhraj, Irfan and others.
During the post-operative period, the patients were managed jointly by Cardiac Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Resident doctors and ICCU nursing and paramedical Staff headed by Nabeeza.
HOD CVTS informed that all three patients were operated on at the cost of approximately Rs. 1.5 Lakhs which is much lower than the cost incurred in other Cardiac centres in the country.
All the 3 patients are doing fine and will be discharged within a few days. Dr Lone has expressed his gratitude to Administration, all his team members, ministerial staff and supportive departments like Cardiology, Anesthesiology and others for their support during the workshop.