Health Minister Mr. Singhdev congratulated the doctors after reaching ACI, also met the patient
Raipur. 20 January 2021For the first time, open heart surgery has been performed at the Advanced Cardiac Institute (ACI) affiliated to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College in the capital Raipur. This is the first successful open heart surgery in the state performed in a government hospital. Health Minister Shri T.S. Singhdev reached the hospital today and congratulated the doctors there for this achievement. He also met Smt. Sunita Singh, a patient recovering after open heart surgery, and got to know her well. Mrs. Sunita Singh, who came to the Advanced Cardiac Institute with a hole in her heart , under the leadership of Dr. Krishnakant Sahu, Head , Department of Heart , Chest and Vascular Surgery , ACI and in collaboration with Dr. Nishant Singh Chandel , Heart , Chest and Vascular SurgeonSuccessful treatment has been done through ASD closure. Now he is excited to return home to his full health.
Health Minister Mr. Singhdev expressed appreciation to the experts of ACI. He congratulated the entire team and said that it was just the beginning. This facility has to be taken further. Our doctors and all faculty deserve congratulations. He said that by increasing the number of beds here, all those medical facilities which are in metros like Delhi , Bengaluru , Hyderabad will be made available.With the start of open heart surgery facility at ACI, financially weaker people no longer need to go out and get treatment. Mr. Singhdev visited the hospital and inquired about the health facilities being provided to the patients here. During this, Dr. RK, the Director of Medical Education Department. Singh, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, Superintendent of Smriti Hospital, Dr. Vineet Jain, and Specialist doctors of ACI, Dr. Smit Shrivastava and Dr. K.K. Sahu was also present.
