Warangal: 27 CABGs performed under Aarogyasri at pvt hospital in 75 days

As many as 27 poor patients underwent open heart surgeries at the Samraksha hospital at Samraksha Super Speciality hospital in just two-and-a-half months.

Warangal: Thanks to the ‘Aarogyasri’ scheme, as many as 27 poor patients underwent open heart surgeries at the Samraksha hospital at Samraksha Super Speciality hospital here in just two-and-a-half months, said Dr Srinivas R Dussa.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, “For the first time, outside Hyderabad in the State, a total of 27 open heart surgeries (Coronary artery bypass grafting -CABG) have been successfully performed at our hospital in Warangal in just 75 days. All the patients are doing well due to services provided by our medical, para-medical and other staff. We also thank our management and the officials of the Aarogyasri and district medical and health department for performing these critical surgeries,” said Srinivas, a cardio thoracic and vascular surgeon.

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“These surgeries were performed with the support of cardiologists Dr N Dinesh and Dr R Sravan, anesthesiologist Dr Lakshmi Deepak, and Dr Sudhakar Rao and other technicians,” he said.

Warangal Aarogyasri Trust District Coordinator Dr Kamal Naik, Samraksha Hospital chairman Dr N Samuel, Executive Directors Dr Pola Nataraj, Dr T Bhakar, Aarogyasri DM Vikram and patients were present.