This story is from September 16, 2017

Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology restarts free open heart surgery

Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology restarts free open heart surgery
PATNA: Patients with an annual income of less than Rs 2.5 lakh can now avail the facility of open heart surgery and pacemaker implantation free of cost at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology (IGIC), thanks to grants from the Chief Minister Medical Assistance Fund.
“Patients will have to submit identification, residential and income certificates to avail the facility. The eligible patients can meet Dr H N Prasad at IGIC on Mondays for preliminary tests from 9am to 1.30pm,” said IGIC director Dr S S Chatterjee.

He said since main cardiac surgeon of the institute, Dr Arvind Kumar, is on a leave, surgeries are not being performed at the institute. “He will be back soon and we will start performing operations again. For the time being, we are carrying out case selection and subsequent registration at the institute,” he said.
Sources said the heart lung machine had not been functional for some time at the institute. “The previous heart lung machine was an 18-year-old model. Due to this, the IGIC had stopped conducting open heart surgery. As a result, the government had stopped releasing money under the CM Medical Assistance Fund for open heart surgery at IGIC. The new machine has been procured and patients can avail the facility once again,” sources at the institute added.
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