Renowned Cardiologist Dr Gaurav Gandhi who performed 16,000 surgeries, dies of heart attack at 41

Dr Gandhi’s sudden death on early Tuesday morning left the city in a state of shock and grief. Hundreds of mourners joined his last journey to a crematorium in the evening and paid tributes to the doctor known for performing a large number of surgeries.

At the age of 41, Dr Gaurav Gandhi had already made a significant impact on the lives of thousands of patients, having successfully operated on over 16,000 individuals during his illustrious medical career. He was working as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Sharada hospital in Jamnagar.

He completed his MBBS and MD (Medicine) from MP Shah Medical College in Jamnagar and then added the super-specialty DM (Cardiology) degree to his qualifications through the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology & Research Centre in Ahmedabad. He spent five years at the Centre. He then chose to return to his hometown to serve the community he grew up in.

Notably, Dr Gandhi was associated with the ‘Halt Heart Attacks’ campaign on Facebook, actively promoting awareness and preventive measures against cardiovascular diseases.

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“He had performed a large number of heart surgeries,” Dr H K Vasavada of the Guru Govindsinh government hospital, where he used to work, said.

“Cardiologist Dinesh Gandhi suffered a heart attack and died at the hospital during treatment. It is a matter of great shock and grief to the medical fraternity of Jamnagar that such a bright and young doctor is no more with us. May his soul rest in peace,” said Dr Vasavada.

According to his relatives and friends, Dr Gandhi reached home on Monday night after attending patients at the private Sharda Hospital where he practised. He had his dinner and went to bed.

When his family members found him unconscious in the morning, they called an ambulance. He was taken to the GG Hospital where doctors tried to revive him but failed and declared him dead, they said.

As per a media report in The Indian Express, Dr Nandini Desai, medical superintendent at GG General Hospital, says that being a cardiologist, Dr Gandhi’s reaction was on point. “He felt chest discomfort at around 2 am on June 6, went to Sharda Hospital and got an ECG done. The cardiogram was, however, normal. So he thought it was acidity and took an injectable for the same. He stayed in the hospital for half-an-hour or so to track any inconsistencies and then went home.

At around 6 am in the morning, his wife found that he had collapsed on the floor of their bathroom. The family immediately brought him to the emergency ward at GG Hospital. We put him on the ventilator and a cardiogram was done which showed that his heart was very faintly active. So we tried CPR for around 45 minutes but he could not be revived. 

Doctors said he died of a heart attack. 

A post-mortem was performed on the body to ascertain the reason behind the heart attack and a report was awaited, said people in know of the development.

Those who knew the cardiologist said he led an active life, played cricket and regularly went to gymnasium.

His colleagues described him as an inspirational figure who went above and beyond the call of duty to save lives and offer comfort to those in need, reports Odisha Bytes.

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