Newskarnataka-Mangalore

Mangalore :A combined “hybrid ( 2 in 1) ” procedure was carried out at Father Muller Hospital saving the life of a 47 year old serving policeman for the first time in Karnataka state by a team of doctors headed by Dr H Prabhakar and Dr A G Jayakrishnan.

The Patient had a history of enlargement of veins (varicose veins) in the legs and had undergone many surgeries in outside hospital in Mangalore before he was admitted to cardiology department of Father Muller hospital with severe breathing difficulty and swelling of both legs.  

Dr H. Prabhakar, chief interventional cardilogist & Dr Sayyid has conducted several tests, made a diagnosis of acute chronic pulmonary thromboembolism. Both his lungs were filled with clots causing obstruction to blood flow into the lungs and causing failure of the right side of the heart. Leg veins and heart chamber were filled with clots.

Emergency surgery was conducted by a team of cardiac surgeons headed by Dr A.G. Jayakrishnan and Dr K.T. Anand in which after connecting the patient to a heart lung machine all the clots were removed from both lungs as well as from the right heart chamber .The entire procedure took over 5 hours.

Rev. Fr. Patrick Rodrigues, Director FMCI, told that Father Muller Hospital is equipped with latest instruments to handle complicated heart diseases. Rev. Fr. Richard Coelho, Administrator, FMMCH, congratulated the team of doctors who saved the serving police man from critical illness.

This is the first time that such a hybrid procedure is being carried out in the state. The patient has recovered well and will be able to resume work soon.