Asian Heart Institute
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| Asian Heart Institute and Research Center | |
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| Asian Hospitals | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Coordinates | 19°03′54″N 72°51′36″E / 19.065°N 72.860°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Private |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Standards | Cleveland Clinic, U.S.A. |
| Beds | 250 |
| Speciality | Cardiac |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.asianheartinstitute.org/ |
Asian Heart Institute was founded in 2002 with the aim to provide world-class cardiology and cardiac surgery services in India. Over the last two decades, Asian Heart Institute has treated approximately more than 450,000 patients.
Notable cases
Some of the cases operated at Asian Heart Institute, led by a team of doctors under the leadership of Dr. Ramakanta Panda, include:
- Mithalal Dhoka, a businessman from the Yadagiri district of Karnataka, had 17 blockages in the various arteries of the heart. Dr Ramakanta Panda used a record number of 12 arterial grafts to restore blood flow -to fix Dhoka's heart.[1]
- 10-hour-long complicated heart surgery on a 76-year-old man-Jaswantrai Ajmera, with a very weak heart, underwent a 10-hour-long surgery that involved five bypass grafts and a valve replacement procedure.[2]
- 65-year-old's third bypass surgery [3]
- Six heart procedures performed on Omani citizens undergoing a third-time heart operation[4]
- A seven-year-old Iraqi boy underwent a successful open-heart surgery to fix a hole in his heart.[5]
- 62 year old suffered from three blockages and had a tumor growing in his heart [6]
- 10 Bypass grafts created to bypass clogged arteries through an eight-hour long procedure.[7]
- AHI cardiac surgeons use the girl's own heart to fix her valve-13 year old was suffering from rheumatic heart, a condition in which the heart valves are damaged.[8]
- 67 year old undergoes five times valve replacement surgery-Dr. Ramakanta Panda performed 12-hour long surgery on Saraf who removed the valve that slipped inside her heart chambers. She had undergone 4 times heart operations in the past.[9]
Development
The hospital added a sports medicine facility in 2007 as a number of hospitals across the country expanded their services in that practice area prior to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[10]
As of July 2012, it was one of the two private hospitals in Mumbai, India to participate in a government insurance scheme to provide coverage for the poor.[11]
In April 2013, through its Pediatric Cardiac Center, AHI committed to providing free heart surgery for impoverished children who have congenital heart disease.[12][13]
Accolades
"Medgate Today" honoured Dr. Ramakanta Panda, the Chief Consultant Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery and the Vice Chairman and managing director of Asian Heart Institute, as the No1 cardiac surgeon and one of the 25 living legends in the Healthcare of India.[14]
References
- ^ "Man survives 17 blocks in heart | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "76-year-old stable after complicated heart surgery". Mumbai Mirror.
- ^ "65-year-old rearing to go after third bypass surgery". DNA India.
- ^ "Omani back from death after 6 heart procedures at a go | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Iraqi boy undergoes rare heart surgery". DNA India.
- ^ "Six-hour surgery to remove rare heart tumour, 3 blocks". DNA India.
- ^ "Man gets fresh lease of life with 10 bypass grafts at a go - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Doctors use girl's heart cover to fix her valve". DNA India.
- ^ "Mumbai woman operated upon fifth time for heart valve replacement". Business Standard India. 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Hospitals see business in fitness boom's injured - Livemint". Mint. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ "Govt scheme helps poor get treated for major ailments - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Mishra, Lata (3 April 2013). "Res-queued". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Dr. Ramakanta Panda speaks about the pediatric surgeries performed at AHI. YouTube (2013-04-17). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.
- ^ "Medgate today Magazine, Bi-Monthly Magazine". Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
