Wockhardt Hospitals Nagpur a leading health care hospital successfully removed a tumour in the heart by performing open heart surgery and saved the life of a women
A 58 year old lady from Jabalpur visited to our Wockhardt Hospital with complaint of breathing, palpitations and fatigue for last 3 years. She visited our Hospital, and consulted Dr. Akshay Singh Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon. We investigated her thoroughly and we found a tumour inside her heart.2-D Echo, scanning of heart, was done.
The only option to remove this tumor was open heart surgery. Dr. Akshay Singh performed the surgery and safely removed the tumor. Dr. said these are primary tumor of the heart and are quite rare with incidence between.0017% to .19 %. These tumour have tendency to cause embolism, Intra cardiac -obstruction and heart failure.
If not treated they may pose a threat of stroke, or kidneys can be affected.
He further added, surgeries can be performed safely with minor risk and life can be saved. After 4 days of hospital stay she is discharged in stable condition. It was lucky on her part that she approached Dr. Akshay Singh in Wockhardt Hospitals timely and saved her life. (Life Wins)
Dr. Akshay Singh is Dr. NB (Doctorate of National Board) in Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery. It’s a super speciality degree awarded by National board of Education (NBE)
Dr. Akshay Singh a dedicated professional have a optimistic approach in every case they handle and give their full to treat the patient. Dr. said, in this case the main thing is that we took a timely and accurate decision and saved the patient that’s what matters. Life Wins at Wockhardt Hospitals.
Dr Akshay Singh has joined the team at Wockhardt Hospitals Nagpur as a senior consultant in the department of cardiac surgery. He is available for consultation on all working days between 10am to 5pm.For appointments call 0712-6624100
Mr. Abhinandan Dastenvar,Centre Head, Wockhardt Hospitals Nagpur, said , “This was really a challenging case . Our expert doctor team managed it very nicely and the open heart surgery was successfull and saved the patient.”