Chennai: Stanley Medical College (SMC) and Government Hospital launched a round the clock cardiac catheterisation lab to provide minimally invasive tests and procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases at the hospital.
Health minister C. Vijaya Baskar, Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar and Transport minister M.R. Vijayabaskar inaugurated the bi-plane digital subtraction angiogram cath lab at the hospital on Friday.
“The laboratory will function under radio-diagnosis department with doctors, assistants, postgraduate staff, nurses and technicians to provide interventional services for all the departments at the hospital. Various procedures such as coronary angiogram, angioplasty, digital subtraction angiogram and other stenting procedures for cardiovascular diseases,” said Dr S Ponnambala Namasivayam, dean, SMC.
Cardiac surgeons, Gastroenterology surgeons, vascular surgeons and neuro-surgeons can also perform emergency cases that require immediate intervention at the lab. The round the clock service will help to improve the outcomes of surgeries. We have already been performing 10 cases everyday, and the cath lab will help to undertake more surgeries,” added Dr Ponnambala.
The patients will not have to wait for longer durations and the catherisation lab can be used to provide clinical and surgical services for vaious departments at the one-stop lab.
