Chennai: Gleneagles Global Health City chairman, Dr K Ravindranath, said, “There is steady increase in the number of people, particularly young adults, suffering with cardiovascular diseases in the last few decades. Almost 50 per cent of the affected patients arrive too late for appropriate treatment and the possibilities of saving the life of the individual would increase if the patient receives treatment within one hour of the attack, called the golden hour.”
He was speaking during the launch of the Gleneagles Global Health City’s round-the-clock chest pain clinic and primary angioplasty support group. The centre was inaugurated by actor Dhanush.
It is learnt that the centre will help patients understand the symptoms and provide information regarding prevention of chest pain. Basic tests at the time of chest pain such as ECG, echocardiography screening and cardiac enzymes test will be done at the centre round-the-clock.
On the primary angioplasty support group, hospital cardiologist, Dr Gobu, said, “People who had survived heart attack and who had undergone angioplasty are members of the support group who will spread awareness on heart attack symptoms and on primary angioplasty. These members of the group offer the opportunity to talk with others whose lives have been affected by similar ailments.”