Nagpur, 19 December 2023

 

Under the guidance of Dr (Prof.) M. Hanumantha Rao, Executive Director, AIIMS, Nagpur, and with the unabated support of Shri Vijay Kumar Nayak, Deputy Director (Admin), and Dr. Manish Shrigiriwar, officiating Medical Superintendent; AIIMS Nagpur is all set to start "Heart Failure Clinic" every Thursday from this week. The heart failure clinic was launched in the presence of Dr. Ravinulata Venkata Kumar, Professor of Cardio-vascular and Thoracic Surgery; and Director and Vice- Chancellor, Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), Tirupati.

The highly skilled cardiac team of AIIMS, Nagpur will conduct this heart failure clinic every Thursday. This team comprises cardiologists, Dr. Arijit Kumar Ghosh, Dr. Sagar Makode, and Dr Gunjan Godeshwar; cardiac anesthetist Dr. Omshubham Asai; and cardiac-vascular and thoracic surgeons, Dr. Pravin Salunkhe, Dr. Hemant Kumar Bodhankar, and Dr Frankleena Parage.

Heart failure is one of the most common causes of death in the country and worldwide. 

The heart failure clinic aims to deal with problems encountered by heart failure patients. This will facilitate the optimization of anti-failure medical therapy, rehabilitation, reduction of patient admission rate, and duration of hospitalization.

 

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