Asian Heart Institute

• Some of the rare cases operated at Asian Heart Institute led by a team of doctors under the leadership of Dr. Ramakanta Panda:

1. Man survived 17 blocks in heart through a record number of 12 grafts -Mithalal Dhoka, a businessman from Yadagiri district of Karnataka, had 17 blockages in the various arteries of the heart. Dr Ramakanta Panda used a record number of 12 arterial grafts to restore blood flow -to fix Dhoka's heart.[2]
2. A first-of- its -kind surgery performed at AHI -Dipesh Shah suffered from a major heart problem and doctors described his case as 'extremely rare' with a risk of developing permanent infections. But 39-year-old Shah's heart valve was successfully repaired without serious repercussions after a first-of-its-kind surgery.[3]
3. 10-hour-long complicated heart surgery on a 76-year-old man-Jaswantrai Ajmera, with a very weak heart, underwent a 10-hour-long surgery that involved five bypass grafts and a valve replacement procedure.[4]
4. 65-year-old's third bypass surgery at AHI-Having had two bypass surgeries already, 65-year-old Uma Charan Patra did not imagine that he would need yet another bypass surgery to keep his heart beating.[5]
5. 6 heart procedures performed on Omani citizen undergoing 3rd time heart operation-After having had his heart cut open twice in two different countries, Alriyani was finally gifted a second lease of life by the doctors in the city who performed six procedures on him at a go.[6]
6. Iraqi boy's rare heart surgery at AHI-A seven-year-old Iraqi boy underwent a successful open -heart surgery to fix a hole in his heart.[7]
7. 6 hour surgery conducted to remove rare heart tumor and correct 3 blocks-62 year old not only suffered from three blockages but also had a tumor growing in his heart [8]
8. Giant bulge removed from aorta-18 hour surgery saved a 30-year-old with aneurysm of 8.5 cm diameter in artery.
9. 10 Bypass grafts give man fresh lease of life-10 bypass grafts created to bypass clogged arteries through an eight hour long procedure.[9]
10. AHI cardiac surgeons use girl's own heart to fix her valve-13 year old was suffering from rheumatic heart, a condition in which the heart valves are damaged.[10]
11. 67 year old undergoes five times valve replacement surgery-Dr. Ramakanta Panda performed 12 hour long surgery on Saraf who removed the valve that slipped inside her heart chambers. She had undergone 4 times heart operations in the past.[11]

The hospital added a sports medicine facility in 2007 as a number of hospitals across the country expanded their services in that practice area prior to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[12]

As of July 2012, it was one of the two private hospitals in Mumbai, India to participate in a government insurance scheme to provide coverage for the poor.[13]

In April 2013, through its Pediatric Cardiac Center, AHI committed to providing free heart surgery for 100 economically-weak children who have congenital heart disease. The hospital helped clear up the government-operated KEM Hospital's waiting list, which had grown so long that some infants and children had been waiting for surgery for over three years. Dr. Panda committed to operating 1000 children, who because of their financial situation, would otherwise have had no recourse to cardiac surgery [14][15] [16][17]

Medgate Today honoured Dr. Ramakanta Panda, the Chief Consultant Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery and the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Asian Heart Institute, as the No1 cardiac surgeon and one of the 25 living legends in the Healthcare of India.[18]

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