NEIGRIHMS inaugurates its cardiac catheterization laboratory

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaDecember 15, 2023

NEIGRIHMS achieved another feather in its cap with the inauguration of the most sophisticated and advanced interventional cardiac facility in the Department of Cardiology. With the installation and commissioning of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath lab) with additional sophisticated features, patients with heart conditions visiting NEIGRIHMS will get the highest standard of care with enhanced accuracy and precision for their heart ailments.

The new Cath lab is equipped with Intra-cardiac echocardiography and 3D Electrophysiological Mapping for enhanced delineation of structural and functional integrity of the heart. These devices, coupled with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) – an emerging technology for performing high-resolution cross-sectional imaging, Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) –  a guide wire-based procedure to accurately measure blood pressure and flow through isolated segments of coronary arteries and Intra-vascular Ultrasonography (IVUS) – used for characterization of lesion morphology, quantify plaque burden, guide stent sizing, assess stent expansion, and identify procedural complications, Rotablation- a therapy performed with a small rotating cutting blade used to open a blocked artery and revamp the flow of blood to or from the heart, etc., would enable the Cardiologists to address all kinds of cardiac ailments. The patients will benefit from the availability of every possible advance treatment for cardiac diseases and their complications.

This highly advanced Cath lab would not have seen light of day without the unstinted support of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi and the dynamic leadership of Director NEIGRIHMS, Prof. (Dr.) Nalin Mehta. At the inauguration, Prof. Nalin Mehta refused to accept credit for this landmark achievement and stated that it was a team effort as he lauded the untiring and collective efforts of the Department of Cardiology, Stores & procurement, Biomedical Engineering section and the administrative staff for making it possible.

He congratulated the entire NEIGRIHMS family for their contribution towards this successful
venture. He commended the department of Cardiology for their yeoman service to not only the patients of the North East Region but also the neighboring countries. He encouraged the department to follow the highest professional and ethical standards and also carry out cutting edge research and generate high quality evidence and also contribute to the corpus of knowledge in the discipline of Cardiology.

The function was also attended by the officiating Dean, Dr. Suvamoy Chakraborty and Medical Superintendent, Dr. C. Daniala who praised the cardiology department for being one of the best departments in NEIGRIHMS, taking care of cardiac patients not only at Meghalaya but also from entire north east region.

The HoD Cardiology, Dr. Mishra said that the department has made efforts to introduce and
promulgate various clinical and administrative SOPs and policies for patients to get affordable and accessible services with the support from the Director. Dr. Mishra along with his colleagues Prof. Manish Kapoor and Dr. Amit Malviya, sought the cooperation from all sections of the society for support and faith in the department of cardiology towards achieving new frontiers in patient management and to establish “NEIGRIHMS as the light house of the northeast” for cardiac care.

This state-of-the-art facility will start functioning for patient care in approximately a week, upon receiving approval for clinical from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Mumbai.