Srinagar:<\/b> To reduce deaths by heart attacks, doctors posted in rural and urban areas of Kashmir have come together and created an online network to treat patients.
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Disturbed by the increasing number of heart attack deaths mainly contributed by delay in treatment, two well-known cardiologists have started an online \u2018Save Heart Initiative\u2019 group on WhatsApp to stay connected with doctors posted across the peripheries of Kashmir.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cBy the time a heart attack patient from the peripheries reaches a tertiary care hospital in Srinagar, he or she has suffered 70 per cent damage to the heart muscles. Then, it is very difficult to save the patient\u2019s life,\u201d said well-known cardiologist Dr Imran Hafeez of SMHS Hospital.<\/i><\/p>\n
To minimise the damage to the heart, the cardiologists are guiding doctors in the peripheries on the treatment to be provided to the patients, Hafeez said.
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Ghulam Rasool Wani, 55, of Taingan, Pampore, in south Kashmir\u2019s Pulwama district, suffered a heart attack during late night on December 17. Wani was rushed to Sub-District Hospital, Pampore, where doctors led by Dr Firdous Masoodi shared electrocardiogram and other diagnoses with the experts in the \u2018Save Heart Initiative\u2019 group. Doctors found two dangerous clots in his vessels, which had blocked blood flowand oxygen. Cardiologists advised immediate thrombolysis which dissolved dangerous clots in Wani\u2019s blood vessels and prevented damage to tissues and organs.
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After facilitating the proper flow of oxygen to the heart muscles, Wani was referred to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, for advanced cardiological treatment. Wani\u2019s family last week issued public gratitude through newspapers to the doctors for saving his life.
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Like Wani, several other heart attack patients from the north and south Kashmir have been saved through online sharing of their diagnosis and line of treatment.
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Hafeez, along with Dr Muzaffar Zargar, created the online group in the second week of December and brought together doctors posted in far-flung areas to prepare immediate treatment for heart attack patients.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cIn past five days, we have managed 25 heart attack cases. We are surprised by the effectiveness of the treatment and success rate,\u201d said Dr Nasir Shams, who is a part of the initiative.<\/i><\/p>\n
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Doctors posted in rural and urban areas of Kashmir have come together and created an online network to treat patients. <\/i><\/p>\n
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