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RIMS performs 'landmark' operation to save major heart attack patient
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 24 2015:
Life of a major heart attack patient was saved after a successful operation at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) .
BL Tulunga (55) from Churachandpur District's Jion Street is now fully recovered and in good condition after the first ever operation conducted at RIMS on September 21 .
He was admitted to Department of Medicine, RIMS following a heart attack with 99.9 percent of his left main coronary artery got blocked.
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The operation was successfully performed by a team of doctors led by Head Professor of the Department of RIMS Medicine Unit-4, Cardiologist Dr Dhanraj Chongtham.
The whole operation took about 50 minutes.
Talking to Hueiyen Lanpao on Thursday, Dr Dhanraj said the Cath Lab which was installed at RIMS by the authority of the hospital under the Union Ministry of Health in July last immensely helps in diagnosing heart patients.
The Professor said the equipments used in the lab cost Rs 4-5 crore.
R Dhanraj said, "The case of BL Tulunga was very serious and that this was the most challenging medical case in my career.
I hope this will ever remain a landmark operation of RIMS" .
He further said such major heart surgeries will cost some Rs 4 lakh at private hospitals, but the first ever surgery conducted at RIMS might be less than half of the charge.
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