KOCHI: A unique programme named ‘ConsultCardio’ service has been launched by a private hospital based in India and Maldives which enables general practitioners and doctors to seek expert advice when they come across patients with cardiac symptoms. The service essentially targets to support medical professionals in rural and semi urban areas. The service will be offered free through email, phone call or instant messaging, subject to free pre-registration. Meditrina Hospital, with branches in Kerala, Jharkand and Maldives, has introduced the service for doctors at primary care centres and smaller clinics/hospitals who can reach out to senior cardiologists at Meditrina Hospitals across the country for immediate consultation.
Majority of patients with cardiac symptoms do not require surgical intervention, provided they are given necessary care under the supervision of a specialist, immediately after manifestation of symptoms. The ‘consult cardio’ campaign helps doctors to reach out to the specialist for advisory and guidance for treatment. “Our team of specialists with more than 25,000 interventional procedures to their credit will provide advisory free of charges to the doctor community practicing across the country. This will enable doctors to provide right care at the right moment and can save lives of patients,” said Dr. N. Prathap Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director for Meditrina Hospitals. Cardiologists at Meditrina Hospitals and SIH Cardiac Centres at Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Jamshedpur, Maldives would be available for consultation at the first phase while specialists from SIH Cardiac Centres at Ambala Cantt., Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurgaon will join the consultation panel in the second phase.
