New Delhi: In a rare surgery, doctors at a city hospital successfully implanted a pacemaker on a 100-year-old woman for better functioning of her heart.
The patient, Phoolwati Gaharwar, had a fall from her bed and was taken to the nearest hospital for treatment. Tests showed that there were no external injuries but also revealed that one of the wires in the heart was disconnected. "This required an urgent implant of the device which could assist her heart in functioning normally. "Phoolwati was then referred to Fortis Escorts by the
attending doctor who predicted only a 50 per cent chance for her surviving the surgical procedure," said Dr Aparna Jaswal, Senior Consultant, Electrophysiology in Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.
"Implants of the pacemaker as a procedure is our specialized area and therefore, poses little challenge for us. What was challenging in this patient's case was her advanced age. And what helped in her case is that despite her age she had no co-morbidities to complicate the case further. "The decision to implant the pacemaker followed the re-current unconscious spells she was going through on and off. We implanted a single chamber pacemaker and she is back
on her feet and fine," said Dr Jaswal.
