CEPA & Medi-Care

Dr. A. G. K. Gokhale and Dr. K. Ravindranath Bypass surgery in India is cheaper by Rs. 100,000 when compared with costs in Sri Lanka, an Indian doctor told The Sunday Leader. Dr. A.G.K. Gokhale, Senior Consultant and Head, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, Global...

Countdown to World Heart Day, 26 September 2010

World Heart Day: Get Heart Smart Take Responsibility for your own heart health Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s largest killers; do you know that 17.2 million lives are lost each year due to heart disease and stroke? 80% of these deaths could have been averted...

New technology for minimally invasive heart surgery

Global Hospital Introduce new technology for minimally invasive heart surgery. Dr A.G.K.Gokhale, Heart transplant and senior cardiothoracic surgeon  performed  50 surgeries successfully  in last Six months. The latest technique in minimally invasive heart surgery,...

Global Hospitals opens cardiac unit

HOPING to join the thinly populated heart transplantation club in the country, city-based Global Hospitals will soon perform heart transplantations, which is expected to bridge the gap between the number of people suffering from end-stage heart problems needing to...

Cardiologists in city vote for stent implants

HYDERABAD : Stent implants remain a reasonably safe method of handling cardiac conditions, is the verdict of most city cardiologists. Reacting to a Federal Drug Authority (FDA) study that talked of the possible ill effects of stent implants, they said drug-eluting...