Bringing a big relief to the Patients of Jammu Province, Cardiac Surgery is now being carried out routinely at Government Superspeciality hospital Jammu under Ayushman Sehat Scheme for which patients donot have to shell out anything from their pockets,thanks to the Scheme launched by the Government of Hon.PM Narender Modiji,which covers 100% of population of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
40 years old man who had suffered poliomyelitis in his childhood and has weakness of left upper and lower limbs and had Rheumatic Heart Disease with very heavily calcified Heat Valve with severely narrowed Mitral Valve causing severe breathlessness and irregular heart beat for years together , impeading his day today activities. Besides he had suffered Stroke and had infarct in the brain for which he was under medication . He had to get repeated hospital admissions for his ailments .He had low haemoglobin and Albumin levels.He was prepared up for the Heart Surgery in the Department of CTVS and Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Unit at Government SSH , Jammu ,before taking him up for Surgery on 01-08-2022.
Surgery posed great challenge because of his associated comorbidities and the heavy load of calcium on native Heart Valve which extended onto the walls of adjoining heart Chamber walls ,said the Chief Surgeon Dr Shyam Singh .
The surgical team comprised of Dr Shyam Singh ( Surgeon ) with Dr I.A Mir (Co-Surgeon) ,assisted by Dr7 Azhar and Dr Mohit Kumar (Registrars ) ,Drs Aisha ,Irfan ,Maryam (P.G’s). Other colleagues Dr Mohit Arora ,Dr Vivek Gandotra ,Dr Javed,Dr Rouf also helped in the procedure.
Cardiac Anaesthesia was conducted by Professor and Head Dr Puja Vimesh, Dr Avinash Kour, Preeti Sharma (Registrars) assisted by Senior Cardiac Anaesthesia technologist Shiv Karan Singh , Vikas Sharma ,Arif ,Saleem ,Karan Singh,Sonal .
Senior Perfusionists Mr Chananjit Singh and Mr Roshan Lal maintained the cardiopulmonary pump during operation.
The operation theatre scrub sisters helping in carrying of operation were Vaishali ,Renu, Sapna ,Angmo Operation theatre senior technician Girdhari Singh and O.T incharge Indu Khurdi.
The intraoperative and peri operative care in Intensive Care Unit SSH was managed by team of Cardiac Anaesthesia residents Dr Sakshi,Dr Nitika,Dr Kanika,Dr Neha with active and alert ICU sisters Ekta Sudan,Urmila,Rajinder Kour,Pooja Sharma,Vandana ,Shivalika, Shivani ,Neetu, Sayeeda, Sonakshi and Sister incharge ICU Tajinder Kour .
Principal Medical College Jammu Professor Dr Shashi Sudhan applauded the effort and stressed that the people should utilise these facilities of Open Heart Surgeries at their doorsteps free of cost to patients under Ayushman Bharat Scheme, which are being performed regularly at Government Superspeciality Hospital Jammu. She assured that the additional required instruments and equipment for the departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Anaesthesiology shall be provided at the earliest . She further assured that the Sanctioned posts of Faculty , Registrars and Assistant Surgeons in the department of Cardiac Anaesthesia are being filled on priority basis.
