Cardiology treatment within everybodys reach

Minister for Health Kamineni Srinivas and Minister for Major Irrigation Devineni Umamaheswara Rao inaugurated the new 100-bed hospital of Praveen Cardiac Centre in the city on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Srinivas said there were very few cardiac hospitals in the country, but the number of heart patients was on the increase. He added that even the poor were having diseases because of change in lifestyle.

Chief cardiologist of the hospital Praveen Kumar said the goal of the hospital was to extend cardiac treatment to all. In the past seven years, he performed 850 bypass surgeries and 2,500 interventional procedures on patients from rural areas.

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Cardiology treatment within everybodys reach