With the introduction of its full-time cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, and special packages for cardiac evaluation, the Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital (DBSH) is urging patients not to ignore symptoms such as chest pains.
At a press conference yesterday, Hospital Administrator Dr. Madhu Singh said that when the cardiology department was established in 2012, and which has since performed approximately 800 angiograms, it only had a visiting team.
Dr. Jorge Carlos Machin Rodriguez, a Cardiovascular surgeon, joined the staff at the DBSH in August last year. He has performed more than 2,000 cardiac surgeries including CABG (Coronary artery bypass grafting), surgeries for patients with congenital heart disease and valvular disease. He also has special training in
