<div>Sagar Hospitals will soon launch its first Centre of Excellence in minimal access cardiac surgery, heart failure surgery and transplantation.<br /><br />Addressing a press conference, the hospital’s doctors said the centre was aimed at providing quality health care at affordable cost. It will also create awareness about various treatment options for heart failure.<br /><br />The doctors also announced the joining of Dr Mohammed Rehan Sayeed, a pioneer in minimal access cardiac surgery in India. He is credited with conducting the single largest series of minimal access cardiac surgery – over 3,000 cases which make him a leader in the field.<br /><br />Dr Sayeed said, “The centre at Sagar Hospitals aims at identifying heart patients and optimising medical management. We can offer a range of therapies along with expertise in artificial heart transplant. The centre will also focus exclusively on paediatric heart surgeries.”<br /><br />Dr Sayeed has mentored many cardiac surgeons in India and abroad. He will now lead the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Sagar Hospitals, Tilaknagar, along with Dr Benedict Raj, a senior paediatric cardiac surgeon, and Dr Somaraj, cardiac anaesthetist.<br /><br /></div>
<div>Sagar Hospitals will soon launch its first Centre of Excellence in minimal access cardiac surgery, heart failure surgery and transplantation.<br /><br />Addressing a press conference, the hospital’s doctors said the centre was aimed at providing quality health care at affordable cost. It will also create awareness about various treatment options for heart failure.<br /><br />The doctors also announced the joining of Dr Mohammed Rehan Sayeed, a pioneer in minimal access cardiac surgery in India. He is credited with conducting the single largest series of minimal access cardiac surgery – over 3,000 cases which make him a leader in the field.<br /><br />Dr Sayeed said, “The centre at Sagar Hospitals aims at identifying heart patients and optimising medical management. We can offer a range of therapies along with expertise in artificial heart transplant. The centre will also focus exclusively on paediatric heart surgeries.”<br /><br />Dr Sayeed has mentored many cardiac surgeons in India and abroad. He will now lead the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Sagar Hospitals, Tilaknagar, along with Dr Benedict Raj, a senior paediatric cardiac surgeon, and Dr Somaraj, cardiac anaesthetist.<br /><br /></div>