To implement Global Standards of Cardiac care in India
Max Healthcare announced a milestone collaboration with Mayo Clinic, US, for the implementation of global standards of cardiac care in India. Under the leadership of Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman Cardiology, Pan- Max Healthcare and Dr Gurpreet Sandhu, Vice Chair, Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, this strategic association aims at facilitating best clinical practices in cardiac care using training and upskilling programmes, research-based approach to cases and clinical excellence for better outcomes.
The two-day conference following this announcement saw the participation of over 500 clinicians from across the country sharing best practices and case-based discussions of cardiac care, the latest developments in structural heart diseases and the best use of imaging modalities, amongst many other treatment breakthroughs. It also addressed topical subjects related to cardiac care like the growing burden of heart failure in India, the need for cost-effective solutions for therapy and interventional procedures, clinics/ nursing staff dedicated to managing heart failures
Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman Cardiology, Pan- Max Healthcare, said, “With an alarming increase in the rate of heart failure in India, industry associations like this are the need of the hour so that with combined expertise and strategy we can set and implement global standards in care for patients with cardiac ailments. The global standards of cardiac care include adhering to a set guideline-directed management around monitoring the complication rate, infection rate and decision-making for patients who may or may not need surgical intervention. We look at cardiac care with a two-pronged approach – treating patients and primary prevention. Under primary prevention programmes, the endeavour is to make people aware of cardiac health which we have been doing using consumer connect campaigns that include mass CPR training programmes across the country, among others. With Mayo Clinic we have collaborated for three things — training and teaching, a research-based approach to cases and clinical excellence for better outcomes. The idea is to also develop an ecosystem that puts India on the global map for the best cardiac care in the world.”
Dr Gurpreet Sandhu, Vice Chair, Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, said, “This collaboration will bring in global standards for cardiac care in India is just the beginning of a long-term association. Using such industry partnerships, eventually, the aim is to make healthcare affordable, accessible and equitable. Additionally, it’s important to facilitate education among patients so that they can manage their medications and illnesses, and also further disperse their knowledge so that detection of early symptoms can be done followed by timely management of any approaching heart problem.”
