Mekahara Conducts Open-Heart Surgery

A team of doctors at Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, (Mekahara) Chhattisgarh's largest government hospital, successfully performed a life-saving open-heart surgery on a 50-year-old woman under the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Ayushman Health Scheme.

- Staff Reporter

Led by Dr. Krishnakant Sahu, Head of the Heart Surgery Department, the procedure involved replacing a damaged heart valve with a titanium metallic prosthetic valve and repairing the tricuspid valve.

Following the surgery, the patient's condition is stable, and she is under close observation by the medical team.

The patient, a resident of Mahasamund, had been experiencing severe shortness of breath and palpitations for the past three years, making even minor physical activities difficult.