Cardiac Cath Lab in Palampur to start from Dec 15

Our Correspondent

Palampur, December 10

The Cardiac Cath Lab will be operational at Vivekananda Medical and Research Trust (VMRT) in Palampur from December 15.

Addressing mediapersons here on Wednesday, former Chief Minister Shanta Kumar, who is also the chairman of the Vivekananda Medical Research Trust, said the setting up of a cardiac cath lab and digital radiography facilities was a major milestone in the health sector in the northern region of the state, specially in a private hospital. He said the entire equipment had already been imported and its installation was in progress.

Shanta Kumar said the installation of the lab was delayed by a year because of the pandemic but now it would be functional on December 15. A cardiologist had already joined and angiography and angioplasty would be started the same day.

“People have to go to Chandigarh and Delhi for heart ailments. Many die on the way. The new cardiac catheterisation lab (cath lab) that facilitates diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases with minimally invasive tests and procedures at the VMRT will be of great help to the people of Kangra, Mandi, Una, Hamirpur, and Chamba”, he added.

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Caption:- Shanta Kumar with doctors at the hospital. Photo: Ravinder Sood