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Second Covid wave more disastrous for youngsters in TN?
This time around, the virus has so far claimed lives of 10 youth who had no co-morbidities; many kids under 14 are contracting the virus, says a data from Kovai
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CHENNAI: Is the second wave turning out to be far more disastrous in the State than the first? Doctors and experts have been observing that a lot more youngsters are showing severe Covid symptoms compared to last. The second wave has claimed the lives of 10 youngsters who had no co-morbid conditions. For instance, on April 14, a 27-year-old passed away at the RGGGH in Chennai, just three hours after being admitted. Only the next day did his test results come, showing him Covid positive.
Ten specialist doctors were involved in the challenging surgery which lasted for 12 hours.
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Health Sectetary Dr J Radhakrishnan on Saturday met the patient and congratulated the doctors of RGGGH. (Photo | EPS) By Express News Service
CHENNAI: The doctors of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) have successfully performed ‘David’s procedure’, an advanced heart surgery named after a Brazilian cardiac surgeon Tyrone E David, who first did it.
The procedure involves valve-sparing aortic root replacement method, a surgical treatment for aortic root aneurysms (a ballooning and weakened area in the artery).
According to a statement from the hospital, 42-year-old Saraswathi, hailing from Erode, was diagnosed with ascending aortic aneurysm with severe aortic regurgitation (a condition where leakage of pumped out blood back into the heart occurs).