High-end Cath lab at OGH yields result; 50 angiograms, 2 knee replacement performed in one month

Hyderabad: The high-end Cath lab, which was launched a month ago at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) with a cost of Rs 7 crore, has started yielding positive results for poor patients. Since the launch of the high-end equipment, OGH cardiologists have conducted 50 coronary angiograms, took-up 30 stent procedures and three fluoroscopy procedures, which helps […]

Hyderabad: The high-end Cath lab, which was launched a month ago at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) with a cost of Rs 7 crore, has started yielding positive results for poor patients.

Since the launch of the high-end equipment, OGH cardiologists have conducted 50 coronary angiograms, took-up 30 stent procedures and three fluoroscopy procedures, which helps surgeons see the blood flow through coronary arteries and evaluate the presence of blocks in them.

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Apart from cardiology, the OGH orthopedic team has conducted two knee replacement surgeries and four joint replacement surgeries for free of cost to needy patients in Telangana.

Health Minister, T Harish Rao on Monday congratulated the cardiology and orthopedic teams for taking-up such procedures for free of cost. “It is the dream of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to ensure poor patients in Telangana have access to high-end corporate health care services in Government hospitals. I must congratulate the OGH doctors for taking-up the procedures,” Harish Rao said.

The Superintendent of OGH, Dr B Nagender, Head, Cardiology, Dr Imamuddin and Head, Orthopedics, Dr G Ramesh met Health Minister, Harish Rao to thank him for supporting

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