Under the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat well being plan, the primary free open-heart surgical procedure was efficiently carried out in Tripura’s Agartala Government Medical College and GB Pant Hospital on Statehood Day on Friday (January 21).
Madhabi Rani Das, 46, of Udaipur underwent open-heart surgical procedure on January 21 at GBP hospital, in accordance with stories. The complete operation was performed freed from value because the affected person is a beneficiary of the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
The medical faculty’s Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Interventional Radiology (CTVS and IR) amenities had been put in two years in the past, however there was no surgeon or competent surgical procedure workforce, as stated by Dr Sanjib Debbarma, Medical Superintendent of Agartala Govt Medical College (AGMC) and GBP Hospital.
Under Centre’s Ayushman Bharat well being scheme, first open-heart surgical procedure efficiently carried out freed from value at Tripura’s GB Pant Hospital
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Dr Kanak Narayan Bhattacharjee, Consultant of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) division on the GB Pant Hospital, said to ANI, “This is the first time such a surgery has been performed under my observation. In this complicated surgery, all of the technicians, anesthesiologists, and staff nurses performed a critical role.”
Manjushri Roy, the Principal of Agartala Medical College, addressed the reporters, “We are pleased to inform you that a complex operation like open-heart surgery was successfully performed at the GBP hospital in Agartala. This would allow people from all over the state to receive tertiary care right at their doorstep.”
When requested if extra of those surgical procedures shall be carried out sooner or later, Roy remarked, “These operations are extremely critical and need much planning on the part of both the patients and the surgeons. We can’t conduct two surgeries a day due to limited resources, but this is a continuous process.”
The profitable operation took 5 gruelling hours. The affected person is at present in a steady state. Dr Kanak Narayan Bhattacharjee, marketing consultant and In-charge, CTVS & IR division, Dr Anindya Sundar Trivedi, and Dr Surjit Pal headed a workforce of 15 specialists that carried out the operation.
