Man with a Rupture inside the heart operated successfully by Dr Bedi
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
A 56 year old man –Surjit Singh (name changed) from Fatehgarh Sahib – suffered from a severe heart attack . He went to a local heart hospital where he was diagnosed to have suffered a massive heart attack. In addition the heart specialist doctors there found that he had an additional complication – a massive hole in the heart . This is called a Post heart attack rupture of the interventricular septum.Sensing the gravity of the situation the doctors referred the patient to Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – the Director of Cardiac Sciences in the Ivy Hospital , Mohali .
Dr Bedi and his team swung into action as soon as the patient came .Dr Bedi has treated such cases at the Escorts Heart Institute Delhi and the St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and he realized that time was of the essence. The patient was quickly investigated and taken for emergency surgery . At surgery it was found that the heart was indeed very much damaged along with the lungs .Dr Bedi explained that the hole allows a huge amount of blood to enter the right heart and from there the lungs so that the patient has difficulty breathing and his oxygen levels were very low . The front of the heart was ballooning out with each beat . He was immediately put on a heart lung machine and his heart stopped with a special solution . The heart was opened and the large hole seen inside the heart . This was repaired with a special imported material .The damaged part of the heart was also repaired .
Man with a Rupture inside the heart operated successfully by Dr Bedi . The patient did well and was discharged on the 4thday .
The other members of the team are Dr Jiten Singh and Dr Vikram Arora along with dedicated heart paramedical staff .
Dr Bedi told that the Ivy Hospital has one of the most experienced heart teams in the region and the Faculty is all full time .
Dr Bedi can be contacted at 9814060480 or [email protected] for any clarifications
October 2,2021
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