Asian Heart Institute

Asian Heart Institute and Research Center
Asian Hospitals
Map
Geography
LocationBandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates19°03′54″N 72°51′36″E / 19.065°N 72.860°E / 19.065; 72.860
Organisation
FundingPrivate
TypeSpecialist
Services
StandardsCleveland Clinic, U.S.A.
Beds250
SpecialityCardiac
Links
Websitehttp://www.asianheartinstitute.org/
ListsHospitals in India

Asian Heart Institute is a cardiology and cardiac surgery hospital in Mumbai, India, which was founded in 2002 by Ramakanta Panda. Over the last two decades, Asian Heart Institute has treated more than 450,000 patients.

Notable cases

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

  • Mithalal Dhoka, a businessman from the 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.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 65-year-old's third bypass surgery [3]
  • Six heart procedures were performed on Omani citizens undergoing a third-time heart operation[4]
  • A seven-year-old Iraqi boy underwent a successful open-heart surgery to fix a hole in his heart.[5]
  • 62-year old suffered from three blockages and had a tumor growing in his heart [6]
  • 10 Bypass grafts were created to bypass clogged arteries through an eight-hour-long procedure.[7]
  • AHI cardiac surgeons use the 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.[8]
  • 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.[9]

Development

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.[10]

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.[11]

In April 2013, through its Pediatric Cardiac Center, AHI committed to providing free heart surgery for impoverished children who have congenital heart disease.[12][13]

Accolades

"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.[14]

Mumbai Marathon

Asian Heart Institute is also the health partner of the Mumbai Marathon.[15] AHI has been the Official Medical Partner for this event since its inception in 2004 and maintains First Aid stations and provides emergency medical services all along the 42-kilometer route. A contingent of AHI patients always runs in the marathon, each one having undergone a bypass surgery at AHI.[16] Many complete the entire marathon.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ "Man survives 17 blocks in heart | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "76-year-old stable after complicated heart surgery". Mumbai Mirror.
  3. ^ "65-year-old rearing to go after third bypass surgery". DNA India.
  4. ^ "Omani back from death after 6 heart procedures at a go | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Iraqi boy undergoes rare heart surgery". DNA India.
  6. ^ "Six-hour surgery to remove rare heart tumour, 3 blocks". DNA India.
  7. ^ "Man gets fresh lease of life with 10 bypass grafts at a go - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. ^ "Mumbai woman operated upon fifth time for heart valve replacement". Business Standard India. 26 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Hospitals see business in fitness boom's injured - Livemint". Mint. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Govt scheme helps poor get treated for major ailments - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  11. ^ Mishra, Lata (3 April 2013). "Res-queued". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  12. ^ Dr. Ramakanta Panda speaks about the pediatric surgeries performed at AHI. YouTube (2013-04-17). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.
  13. ^ "Medgate today Magazine, Bi-Monthly Magazine". Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM) - PROCAM". Scmm.procamrunning.in. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Heart Patients From AHI Also Ran Mumbai Marathon | EHEALTH". Ehealth.eletsonline.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  16. ^ "After heart surgery, man to run for third time in marathon". In.news.yahoo.com. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  17. ^ "After heart surgery, man to run for third time in marathon - Hindustan Times". www.hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.