Mangalore: Fr Muller Cardiac Surgeons Grant New Lease of Life to 54-yr-old

Media Release

Mangalore, Apr 8: A team of doctors from Fr Muller Medical College Hospital have granted a new
lease of life to a 54-year-old old agriculturist hailing from Mulky by performing a very complicated life saving surgery which is very rare in the history of medical field as informed by hospital administrator Fr Richard Coelho.

The patient (farmer) ailing from cardiac disorders was admitted to the ICU on April 1 in a very critical condition with acute chest pain and physical weakness and was referred to chief interventional cardiologist Dr H Prabhakar.

On thorough investigation and detailed clinical examination Prabhakar detected aorta which is the main blood vessel which supplies the pure blood to the body is dissected and heavy leakage of blood in the aortic valve, resulting in blockage of blood circulation to the vital organs of the body which warranted
emergency surgery to save the life of the patient. Instantly a team of dedicated expert doctors was formed and they swung into action deciding to perform a very risky innovative surgery.

The surgery was performed by removing the damaged and ruptured parts and by replacing them with the aortic valve and the aortic tube graft, thereby restoring the regular blood supply to the whole body. The entire surgery lasted for four hours which was performed by a team of cardiac surgeons comprising chief caridiac surgeon Dr A G Jayakrishnan, Dr K T Anand, cardiologists Dr Sayyed K, Dr Usha Rao and
cardiac anaesthetist Dr Chetana Anand.

The patient is responding to the surgery and is recovering very speedily. He will likely be discharged within 2 days, states the release from the hospital.

The director of the Father Muller Charitable Institutions Fr Patric Rodrigues congratulated the team of doctors on their unique achievement and for saving the life of the patient.