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Apollo Hospitals reports first successful use of Intravascular Lithotripsy in India in treatment of severely calcified carotid artery stenosis
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Apollo Hospitals reports first successful use of Intravascular Lithotripsy in India in treatment of severely calcified carotid artery stenosis

Apr 29, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Apollo Health City, #Apollo Hospitals Group, #Cath Lab & Interventional Cardiology, #Dr Sangita Reddy, #Dr. P C Rath, #Hyderabad, #Intravascular Lithotripsy, #Joint Managing Director, #Sr. Consultant Cardiologist & Director

Hyderabad: Apollo Hospitals today announced the first successful use of Intravascular Lithotripsy in India to treat a 75-year-old male patient with heavily calcified carotid artery lesions.The patient, who presented with recurrent CVA (cerebrovascular accident) or strokes, was successfully treated by transcarotid arterial revascularisation (TCAR) using Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL). With only a few cases reported from USA and Italy using IVL to treat carotid artery stenosis or narrowing, the achievement by the team of doctors at Apollo Health City, Hyderabad of the first reported use of this technique in India is a milestone in carotid angioplasty and stenting procedures in the country.

Dr. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “At Apollo Hospitals, we are always looking to set new standards of care with advanced medical technology that lets our doctors undertake challenging procedures safely and successfully. The first reported use of IVL in India to treat calcified carotid artery lesions will enable us to treat patients who cannot go in for conventional procedures. It will decrease the risk of procedural complications, providing positive clinical outcomes with reduced risk of future adverse events. It is a testament to the dedication and skill of our doctors that they have continued to focus on treating and saving lives of patients with NCDs even during the pandemic.”

Dr. P C Rath, Sr. Consultant Cardiologist & Director, Cath Lab & Interventional Cardiology, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad said, “The patient presented with recurrent strokes. Upon evaluation, he was found to have a critical stenosis involving the right internal carotid artery. There was also significant calcification of the vessel and a 180o arc of deep wall calcium. This required urgent intervention to open up the vessel since carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is responsible for around 30% of ischemic strokes.The conventional treatment option of carotid endarterectomy, that is, surgical approach to remove plaque from the artery was not recommended due to advanced age and comorbidities that included hypertension and a prior CABG (coronary artery bypass graft surgery). A direct stent implant through the minimally invasive transfemoral carotid artery stenting was also not advisable due to the severely calcified plaque that would prevent proper stent expansion with sub-optimal dilatation of the artery. It was decided to proceed with Intravascular Lithotripsy that combines the combines the calcium-disrupting potential of lithotripsy with the expertise that we hold in use of balloon catheters.”

Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL)works through generating sonic waves, which are sonic pressure waves. This is a novel use of the concept of lithotripsy, that has been safely used for decades to treat kidney stones by safely breaking up the stones. The sonic waves in IVL pass through the soft tissues of the arterial wall lining, and the pulsatile energy safely disruptsthe calcium in the plaques, creating micro-fractures in the calcium. The broken-up calcium allows expansion of the artery at low pressure thus permitting the safe implantation of a stent with minimal trauma to normal arterial tissue and improving the blood flow. The procedure is safer as the calcium fragments resulting from the IVL therapy remain in situ, with a reduced likelihood of breaking off and embolising.

Dr. P C Rath added, “A new tool called Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy that has been recently approved for the treatment of heavily calcified lesions in coronary and lower limb arteries was used to treat the heavy calcification in the carotid artery. While minimal data exists for its use in treating calcified plaques in carotid artery, we decided to proceed with IVL as the patient’s age and co-morbidites would not permit conventional treatment methods. However, the underlying calcium is known to result in suboptimal outcomes following stenting through percutaneous intervention. Aggressive post-dilatation in the carotid region often results in severe bradycardia (slowing down of heart rate) and hypotension (low blood pressure). IVLfacilitated adequate stent expansion and we were able to successfully perform the dilatation with minimal residual stenosis.

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World’s biggest problem is the world’s biggest business opportunity: Dr Peter H. Diamandis

Dec 12, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #and Executive Chairman, #Dr Sangita Reddy, #Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, #FICCI, #Founder, #President, #XPRIZE Foundation

Hyderabad, 12 December 2020: Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Founder, and Executive Chairman, XPRIZE Foundation and Executive Founder and Director, Singularity University, today said, “Education and healthcare are the two biggest industries that AI is going to transform.”

Addressing the virtual session ‘The Future is Now’, organized during FICCI’s 93rd Annual Convention, Dr. Diamandis said that COVID-19 has brought in significant financial and health concerns. However, it is upon the entrepreneurs to identify the great problems and convert them into business opportunities while making the world a better place.

Dr. Diamandis highlighted that essentially there are 4 kinds of mindsets- exponential, abundance, longevity and moonshot that differentiate a visionary from the rest. He further elaborated that the exponential mindset of a true visionary is the key asset for success.

Addressing the session, Dr. Sangita Reddy, President, FICCI said that Peter’s knowledge on dematerializing, demonetizing, and democratizing and the whole abundance mindset is to create wealth and solve major global problems.

Appreciating Peter’s ability to create an impact, Dr. Reddy stated that Dr. Peter’s greatest gift is his ability to get people and organizations to think boldly and when they do so, abundance is created.

The session was attended by Entrepreneurs and CXO level decision makers who benefitted from the vast knowledge and experience of the man who believes that ‘the best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.’

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Need to ensure good quality healthcare, accessible and affordable for all: Vice President of India

Sep 30, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Dr Alok Roy, #Dr Harsh Mahajan, #Dr Sangita Reddy, #FICCI HEAL 2020, #Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu

Mumbai, 30th September 2020: Mr M Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice President of India today acknowledged the role of private hospitals in rising to the occasion and battling COVID-19. He also urged the private sector to take full advantage of the Atmanirbhar Abhiyan and give a fillip to the manufacturing of various medical devices.

Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day ‘FICCI HEAL-2020’ virtually, Mr Naidu said, “We have to make available good quality healthcare, accessible and affordable to all. We must capitalize on the core competence of each stakeholder in the country. We must also draw best from the world to strengthen our healthcare delivery system.”

Mr Naidu further urged the private sector to come forward and expand its footprint through public-private partnership and set-up modern healthcare facilities in the rural areas. “Private players have added to the capacity and capability of our healthcare system in the country. They will continue to play an important role in augmenting the infrastructure and skills in the sector. There has to be a collaborative effort from the industry and the civil society in supporting the government’s initiatives,” he emphasized.

Highlighting the potential of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Vice President added that with the expansion of the healthcare sector, the public and private hospitals, the demand for pharmaceutical products, medical devices and equipment will increase in the coming years.

Mr. Naidu also complimented FICCI members who have not only been sharing the best practices and solutions to combat the pandemic but have been supporting the government in augmenting healthcare facilities. He appreciated the role of private hospitals by offering their facilities, manpower, and equipment in the treatment of COVID and non-COVID patients during this crucial hour.

“The current pandemic has also created opportunities to transform our healthcare delivery system including new care delivery models with a focus on preventive and primary care, use of advanced technologies, home care facilities,” he said.

Mr. Naidu said that the world’s largest health coverage program, the Ayushman Bharat, is now being expanded to every section of the country. “This would ensure that much larger section of uncovered population including informal sector workers are provided health coverage,” he said.

Emphasizing on the need of adopting the traditional Indian lifestyle, Mr Naidu added that this pandemic has taught us the overriding importance of staying healthy, both physically and mentally. “We have to follow the concepts of ‘Dinacharya’ – daily regime and ‘Ritucharya’ – seasonal regime to maintain a healthy life. Fitness coupled with a balanced diet is essential to stave off illness. I suggest that Yoga and meditation should become part of daily time-table along with sports in schools and colleges once normalcy returns,” he stated.

Dr Sangita Reddy, President, FICCI said, “At no other time in the world has health care been so centre stage. At no other time have the problems been so intense and required us to innovate, ideate and collaborate.”

Dr Alok Roy, Chair, FICCI Health Services Committee and Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals said that the private healthcare sector has been the bedrock of capacity and capabilities in India. FICCI has been working very closely with the government and the industry on the response to COVID-19 including recommendations on workable strategy and facilitation of logistics

Dr Harsh Mahajan, Co-Chair, FICCI Health Services Committee & Founder and Chief Radiologist, Mahajan Imaging Centre said that the deliberations during the three-day FICCI HEAL 2020 will lead to better diagnostic and treatment outcomes for patients and help in controlling the pandemic.

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Private sector should join PM Jan Arogya Yojana to deliver tertiary care: Cabinet Secretary Public health to be the focus of PPP: Former Secretary, MoEF&CC

Sep 30, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Dr Sangita Reddy, #FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards’, #Mr CK Mishra, #Mr Rajiv Gauba, #PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

Mr Rajiv Gauba, Cabinet Secretary, Government of India today said that in just two years after its launch, the PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) movement has become a hugely successful platform for delivering tertiary care to some of the most vulnerable sections of our population.

Addressing webinar on ‘FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards’, during the three-day ‘HEAL-2020’, Mr Gauba urged the private sector to come forward and join the PM Jan Arogya Yojana movement. “The private sector hospitals, particularly the big groups should come forward and join this platform,” he said.

Mr Gauba said that as a country we have emerged from a state of total dependence on imports to being exporters of COVID-19 necessary medical items. “Today we have 187 labs in the government sector and 749 private testing labs for COVID testing,” he added.

He further stated that the larger challenge of making healthcare affordable and accessible will continue to be with us even after the COVID-19 situation. “We need to improve our health infrastructure by coming up with innovative solutions, new approaches so that healthcare delivery can improve, especially at the last mile. We must improve healthcare indicators and make them comparable to the developing countries,” added Mr Gauba.

“I urge FICCI and the healthcare industry to launch mass awareness on COVID-19 appropriate behaviour as economic activities open up. With the advent of the festival season and winter it’s extremely important that people don’t let their guard down, he further added.

Mr Gauba also complimented FICCI in recognizing excellence in the healthcare sector. “The awards are a recognition of not only the outstanding work done by individuals and institutions but, in fact, the entire fraternity of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals,” he said.

Mr CK Mishra, Former Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt of India said that the private sector has proven to the world that India is the hub of providing best cost-effective treatment. “As a country, we have moved ahead, the speed or the destination can be questioned but the fact that we are taking the correct path cannot be denied. It is time to celebrate the success and good work and move ahead,” he said.

Emphasizing on the importance of PPP, Mr Mishra added that healthcare is a partnership between the private and public sector along with the pooling of resources from both sides in taking the country ahead. “It is the government’s responsibility to create a platform to facilitate this. The private sector participation adds value to the entire spectrum of public health which should be at the core of our belief,” he added.

Mr Mishra said, “We (the public and private sector) must look closely at promoting public health. We should not be looking at a society where we are too eager to treat a sick man but not that eager to push preventive health. Public health should be at the centre of what we do,” he said.

Dr Sangita Reddy, President, FICCI said that there has been no time in the history that healthcare has been so centre-stage. “We must collectively ideate, build new solutions and stand up to serve in the face of all kinds of adversities. India has handled the COVID crisis with tremendous innovation, bravery, alacrity and has come together in a way that we can all actually be very proud of,” she said.

Dr Reddy further said that the award ceremony is to celebrate the COVID-19 heroes of the healthcare sector. The concepts of innovation, sustainability, impact and scalability are very critical parameters. FICCI HEAL is a confluence of the best minds in healthcare, she added.

Dr Narottam Puri, Advisor, FICCI Health Services Committee; Former Chairman-NABH; Advisor- Medical Operations, Fortis Healthcare Ltd, said that the Healthcare Excellence Awards have evolved as the most credible and coveted in the healthcare sector in a short span of time. “It has taken us a long journey of trying to keep modifying the awards from time to time in keeping up with the traditions of the practices,” he stated.

Mr Dilip Chenoy, Secretary-General, FICCI said that excellence in healthcare awards are special and relevant during these times. “Over the years we have been able to create a credible platform that not only recognizes but provides a fillip for further innovation and excellence in healthcare,” he added.

List of winners – 12thFICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards: 

Winners – Individual Categories

Sr  Category  Name  Designation  Organization/ Location 
1. Lifetime Achievement Award Prof K Srinath Reddy President Public Health Foundation of India
2. Healthcare Personality of the Year Dr Preetha Reddy Vice Chairperson Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
2. Healthcare Personality of the Year Dr Om Prakash Manchanda Managing Director Dr Lal PathLabs Ltd
4. Healthcare Humanitarian Award Dr Ravindra & Smita Kolhe Social activist Melghat, Maharashtra
5. Special Award for COVID 19 Dr Camilla Rodrigues Consultant Microbiologist, Chairperson Infection Control Committee P D Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre
6. Special Award for COVID 19 Ms Minimole Varghese Chief Nursing Officer Fortis Hospital, Mulund

 

Winners – General Categories 

Sr  Category  Winner (S) 
1. Excellence in Scaling-up of Manufacturing for COVID demand Vanguard Diagnostics Private Limited
2. Excellence in Hospital Preparedness for COVID 19 – Hospital 1. Apollo Hospitals Chennai
2. Christian Medical College, Vellore
2. Excellence in Hospital Preparedness for COVID 19 – Standalone Diagnostic Centre or Blood Bank Max Lab, Saket
4. Excellence in Home Healthcare HealthCare atHOME India Pvt Ltd.
5. Excellence in Telemedicine/ Digital Health Aster DM Healthcare
6. Innovative Medical Device/ Technology Translumina Therapeutics LLP
7 Excellence in Capacity Building Apollo MedSkills Limited
8 Excellence in Social Initiative Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
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Nurture Positivity and use your Mind Wisely to create a Healthy Environment During Covid-19 – Dr Sangeeta Reddy at Amity Eminent Webinar

Aug 22, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #COVID, #Dr Sangita Reddy, #Founder President of Amity Education Group Dr Ashok K Chauhan, #President FICCI and Joint Managing Director Apollo Group of Hospitals

The Coronavirus Pandemic that has created a devastating impact on the economies of the nations around the world and continues to cause enormous anxieties and mental stresses need to be confronted with a mind tuned to positivity and hope during these testing times of great uncertainty said Dr Sangita Reddy, President FICCI and Joint Managing Director Apollo Group of Hospitals while delivering Amity Eminent Webinar Address organized by Amity University Gurugram today. The webinar was attended by over 2000 students, Vice-Chancellors, Senior Semitists, Deans, HoIs and members of faculty from 10 Amity Universities in India and many more from abroad.

The Economic and social crisis caused by Covid-19 is undoubtedly the basis for the fear and enormous anxiety that covers everyone irrespective of economic prosperity or social order. It requires leadership that undertakes positivity and willingness to find solutions that can mitigate the ill-effects of the COVID
Pandemic. At the same time, it is absolutely necessary to create a positive health environment around.

Addressing to over 1000 inspired youth connected to the webinar, Dr Sangita Reddy said “Your Mind is the most powerful force to empower you. It can take you to the heights of ecstasy or can enslave you and plunge you into the depth of misery if not used wisely. The most important thing you the young students are doing today is learning how to use this power of your mind wisely by filling it with the right knowledge and choosing the right path and right skills and capabilities”. Let you overcome your fear and work together to create a better world than the one left behind before the COVID Pandemic, said Dr Reddy.

Today humanity is grappling like never seen before. The generational medical crisis which has now become an economic crisis and also a social crisis. There are geopolitical shifts and global friction. There is a manifestation of a burdening crisis all over the world. But then as it is said that the brightness of stars is in the darkness of night. As such it is also the time of great hope and to have great resilience to combat the impending threats of expansionist COVID, said Dr Reddy a crusader of affordable health care for all.

Sharing her experience of implementing a number of innovative initiatives in Apollo Group of Hospitals, Dr Reddy said that the continuous quest to push the benchmarks of excellence and caring service to humanity have made Apollo a class apart in the Hospitals in Asia. The integration of the latest advances in IT in health care services and the synergy between the advances in biomedical engineering and health care services have made India’s health care truly world-class.

Lauding the efforts of Government of India in combating the COVID crisis, Dr Reddy said that the timely interventions of the Government have resulted into containing death rate below 3 per cent and the recovery rate of over 72 per cent. But we need still to win the battle as over 69000 cases are being added daily.

Invoking a sense of courage and commitment to fight the ongoing pandemic, Dr Sangita Reddy cited the courage and conviction with which the nursing professionals work in the isolation wards, giving their very best services often sacrificing their comfort and even risking their lives. The youth of our country should emulate this exemplary courage and prepare themselves to serve the vast humanity with a caring concern for the last man in the society so that no one is left behind. Recalling the famous quote of Mahatma Gandhi that the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. This is the time to show our utmost care and concern for the suffering of humanity and also to care for yourself at the same time.

Replying to a question from the audience as to how to remain positive mind and maintain a healthy environment when we are so pressed with online classes and other pressing engagements, Dr Reddy said that despite being busy you have to find time for yourself to refresh your mind and to connect to your soul. Answering another question on the power of prayers in the hours of crisis, Dr Reddy said that the prayers have great healing power and they do wonders as they give solace to your mind as well. There were many other questions including the long-term effects of Covid-19 and overcoming the fear psychosis due to uncertainties. In her message to the youth, Dr Sangita Reddy said that It is the defining moment for each one of us to decide how we want to live and lead our life. Have courage and faith in human capabilities to overcome the crisis and work with a positive mindset.

Founder President of Amity Education Group Dr Ashok K Chauhan, Chairperson Dr Amita Chauhan, Chancellor of Amity University Uttar Pradesh Dr Atul Chauhan, Chancellor Amity University Haryana Dr Aseem Chauhan, Dr Anupam Sibal Group Medical Director Apollo Hospital and President Global Association of Physicians of Indian origin and DR MS Chaudhary Senior Consultant Internal Medicine at Apollo Hospital New Delhi were also present in the Webinar that was moderated by Prof PB Sharma Vice-Chancellor, Amity University Haryana. Dr Sanjana Vij coordinated the webinar for which excellent IT support was provided by Dr JS Sodhi and his team.