STEMI-India Creates Heart Attack Management System In Karnataka; Unveil ECG Monitoring & Data Reader Device

In India about 25 per cent of the deaths happen due to heart attack and this number is only increasing each year. After creating Heart Attack Management System in Tamil Nadu and Telangana, STEMI India, a not for profit organization plans to set up four zones in Karnataka to create heart attack management drive especially in the rural areas in this state. These are namely, Bangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga and Mangalore zones to begin and later add more in the coming years. Dr Manjunath, Director, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology says, “After a successful management programme in TN and Telangana, the programme is called STEMI India Model and has been validated and is considered as the heart attack management programme ideal for all low and middle income countries like India. The meeting being held here will discuss and plan the launch of this programme in Karnataka.” Dr. Thomas Alexander, Director of STEMI INDIA, said that Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the commonest non-infectious disease prevalent in India. He explained that Indians have the highest mortality and morbidity rates from CAD as compared to any other ethnic group. Over the last three decades, the prevalence of CAD has increased by 300%; from 2% to 6% in rural India and from 4% to 12% in urban India. It is now projected that the number of Indians with CAD is above 60 million of which 23 million is below the age of 40 years and 10 million younger than 30 years. CAD is projected to claim 2.9 million lives annually, of which almost 1 million will be younger than 40 years of age, he added, quoting figures from the WHO (World Health Organization). Coronary heart disease is common non-infectious disease in India reporting the highest mortality and morbidity rates. Over the last three decades, CAD prevalence increased by 300 per cent from 2 percent to 6 percent in rural India and from 4 o 12 per cent in urban India. Its now estimated that number of Indian with CAD is 60 million of which 23 million is below the age of 40 years and 10 million younger than 30 years. WHO reports that CAD is projected to claim 29 million lives annually of which one million is under 40 years. The objective of this workshops to stall fatality. Going by the incidence of heart attacks which can be controlled with early access to care and help patients to remain productive post the condition, has led STEMI- India to ensure all patients under the BPL (below the poverty line) have quick treatment options, said the course directors of STEMI India. Workshop from June 2-3, 2016 STEMI India is also organising a two-day workshop on management of ST elevation of myocardial infraction on July 2 and 3, 2016 at Hotel Shangri-La, Bengaluru. Around 1,000 delegates including from Africa and Egypt among others in the developing world are expected to participate in the event. The delegates will comprise doctors, nurses and technicians. They will have a first-hand exposure on how to reduce fatality, survive with good heart function and ensure rural and semi-urban doctors are equipped to handle these cases in a time-bound manner. The day and half programme provides a comprehensive review and training to the medical team involved in the processes and procedures in the care of a heart attack patient from the emergency room physician to the clinical cardiologist involved in thrombolysis to the cardiac catherisation lab team in the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) capable hospitals. The course directors of STEMI-India are Dr. Thomas Alexander, Head of Division, Cardiology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Coimbatore, Dr. Ajit S Mullasari, Director of Cardiology,The Madras Medical Mission Chennai, Dr. C N Manjunath, Professor and Head of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Dr. P Ranganath Nayak, Medical Director and Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Vikram Hospital Bengaluru Private Limited, Bengaluru, Dr. S S Iyengar ,Academic Head, Department of Cardiology, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru STEMI India Device STEMI-India has unveiled a guided medical device which is an ECG, monitoring and data reader designed and developed indigenously by the Mumbai-based Maestros Electronics and Telecommunication Systems which is compact and easy-to-operate device at any remote location will be on display. It will demonstrate the quick and speedy methods to diagnose and administer the first line of blood clot dissolve drugs to stabiles the patient before he is shifted for further treatment. The device is manufactured at the Goa unit.