Vikram Hospital ties up with MGM Healthcare for heart & lung management
Vikram Hospital ties up with MGM Healthcare for heart & lung management
16 March 2021 | News Program for contemporary heart failure management
Vikram Hospital, based in Bengaluru, has tied up with MGM Healthcare, Chennai to establish state-of-the-art program for Heart -&-Lung Transplant and contemporary heart failure management. This will be a boon to Karnataka patients suffering from end-stage heart or lung failure.
Heart failure services at Vikram Hospital will be led by Dr. Ranganath Nayak, Senior Consultant Cardiologist. The team from MGM Healthcare, under the guidance of Dr. KR Balakrishnan, Director, Institute of Heart & Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support, , will provide expertise for patient management at all stages, including pre-operative, intra-operative, intensive care and follow-up.
Chennai, January 21, 2020: MGM Healthcare performed a successful bilateral lung transplant on Shri Jagarnath Mahto, Honorable Education Minister of Jharkhand. The transplant for the honorable minister was necessitated due to the severe lung infection caused by COVID-19 and it was performed Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan, Chairman & Director of Cardiac Sciences and Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Program at MGM Healthcare. He was ably assisted by his team of transplant specialists which included Dr. Suresh Rao, Dr. Srinath and Dr Apar Jindal,
The 54-year old minister, in addition to being infected by the corona virus was also suffering from hypertension, diabetes and coronary artery disease, which made it a particularly challenging case.