Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research has conducted 200 free angioplasties for the poor and needy in a span of four days as part of the 10th Indo-American Angioplasty workshop.
The free angioplasties were done in collaboration with Dr. Govindaraju Subramani Heart Foundation and Medtronic Vascular Division, Santarosa, USA.
The patients included farmers, daily wage labourers, footpath vendors, autorickshaw drivers, garment workers and senior citizens from Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh. Stents were given free of cost to all the patients.
Published 14 October 2017, 20:56 IST