Stanley cath lab does 1,602 procedures during pandemic
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Hospital has catered for more than 32,500 patients with COVID-19
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Hospital has catered for more than 32,500 patients with COVID-19 The Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory of the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital performed 1,602 angiography and angioplasty procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lab functioned uninterrupted during the pandemic, and all patients were screened for COVID-19 before the procedure. A total of 5,043 cardiac intervention procedures have so far been performed at the lab, which was started in 2018. The 5,000th procedure was performed on February 16, hospital dean P. Balaji said in a press release.