FOR HEART CARE VISIT GH CHENNAI OFFICIAL WEBSITE :www.cardiommc.org
Posted on: 04/Oct/2010 2:17:40 AM
The department of Cardiology Government General Hospital on Thursday launched their website as part of the `World Heart Day` celebration. This website was inaugurated by the Principal Secretary V K Subburaj.
Prof Geetha Subramanian, HoD of Cardiology said, " I am sure this website will help us to reach out to people globally in spreading the knowledge and we hope it to be user friendly, and benefit the patients, students and physicians alike." The Department is the oldest cardiology department in the country and offers free treatment. Every year 60,000 echo cardiograms are performed and 5,000 patients provided angiograms. It is as old as Texas Heart Institute in the US. The department is considered as the oldest institution in South East Asia, with an outpatient foot fall of 3 lakh every year, is reaching out to economically disadvantaged and providing them high end services. With `Workplace Wellness` being the theme of this year`s ` World Heart Day` the department also organized games and other cultural programmes for all the staff of the department.
New Cath lab would be ready in the next fortnight and the department had been permitted to take in 14 candidates for DM in cardiology from this year instead of two students, added V Subburaj
“With improved infrastructure and a new cath lab, increased work force we expect to provide advanced, quality cardiac care for the weaker sections of our society. We thank Tamil Nadu Government for providing unrestricted support in this endeavour through the landmark Kalaingar Kappitu Thittam, which is implemented in full force in our department” said Prof Geetah Subramanian, the Head of the Department.
