The Cardiological Society of India here has launched a first-of-its-kind app “Heart Attack” for Delhiites which will provide accurate information to people who suffer from heart diseases or if they come to know of any such emergency situations.
“A person suspected of having a heart attack, using this app, can immediately get the contact information of all nearest hospitals/physician cardiologists [from his/her current location] with heart care facilities, which he/she can choose to go. To help the patients, this app will not give distance but the actual travel time based on the current traffic situation. Thus, this app can be of immense help to the whole Delhi-NCR,” noted a release issued by the Society.
Speaking at a seminar organised recently, where this app was launched, Professor Sundeep Mishra from AIIMS and secretary of Cardiology Society of India, Delhi unit said, “Heart attacks and cerebrovascular diseases are now the No. 1 killers in India. Heart attacks are characterised by high mortality rates and severe disabilities in many of those surviving.”
Systematic network
“Establishment of coronary care units and angioplasty during heart attacks has helped but it has been realised that maximum benefit has happened when there is a systematic, organised network right from the general physician, efficient ambulance service and advanced heart centres which can undertake angioplasty or drug-based (thrombolysis) opening up of the blocked artery,” he said.
Delhi CSI president Dr. Harsh Wardhan said, “Besides the “Heart Attack app”, the CSI is also launching a Heart Attack Registry, which will track these travel times and suggest improvements”.
