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Low-cost cardiac health services in Chitradurga

Chitradurga: The city-based Basaveshwar Medical College and Hospital (BMCH) has entered into an agreement with Vivus Cardiology Centre of Bangalore for providing low-cost cardiac health services at the hospital.

Speaking to presspersons here on Friday, managing director Vivus group, S.S. Ramesh said that the group had joined hands with BMCH to provide expensive services at an affordable cost to cardiac patients.

Dr. Ramesh said that a mobile van from Bangalore would visit BMCH once a month to treat patients. He added that services like cardiac catheterization, Electro Cardiogram (ECG) would be provided at a low cost. “The services would be offered free for Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders, besides, Yeshshwini card holders could also avail this facility”, he said.

Dr. Ramesh said that currently the mobile van was covering five districts, namely, Mandya, Hassan, Kolar, Tumkur and Chitradurga. Since the group was soon coming up with a new hospital at Hubli, similar facility would be extended to Uttara Kannada district also, he added.

Expressing concern over increasing heart ailments in the country, Dr. Ramesh said that 10 per cent of urban adults and 5 per cent rural adults were suffering from heart problems. He said that smoking was the major cause of heart attacks in the country.

Referring to a World Health Organisation (WHO) survey, he said that in less than a decade, deaths due to cardiac ailments would have increased by 25 per cent in the county.

Dr. Ramesh added that three decades ago, the average smoking age in India was 25 years, which had come down to 15 years now.

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