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Hyderabad: Osmania General Hospital gets Rs 15 lakh donation from US-based doctor
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Hyderabad: Osmania General Hospital (OGH) has received donations worth Rs 15 lakh cardiac disposables products on Wednesday from a US-based doctor Dr. Sreekar Reddy and his family.
The cardiac disposables include items like Angiographic Catheters, Heart Valves, Balloon Catheter Set, Guiding Catheters, Stents, Vascular grafts or Temporary Pacemakers, guide wires, and many more. The cardiac disposables will benefit the people in need and those who are financially weak to get better treatment at the hospital.
With the help of the cardiac disposables products, cardiovascular problems or any other heart-related problems can be treated at the hospital at a low cost.
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On the occasion, Dr. B Nagender, Superintendent at OGH told Telangana Today that "They will also ensure that the cardiology wing will be able to make a timely diagnosis of heart ailments among patients and quickly start treatment."
Senior hospital staff including CS Admin RMO, Dr. Sheshadri, Head, Cardiology, Dr. Syed Imamuddin, and other RMOs and doctors were present at the occasion and appreciated Dr. Sreekar Reddy and his family for the donation.
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Osmania General Hospital (OGH) is one of the oldest hospitals in India located at Afzal Gunj, Hyderabad, and is named after its founder – Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad. It is run by the Government of Telangana and is one of the largest in the state. It was built at a construction cost of ₹2,00,00,000.
The hospital building, a heritage structure is in dire need of repairs and renovation. The Afzal Gunj Hospital, the predecessor of the Osmania General Hospital, was established in 1866 by Salar Jung I.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier published that an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) model was introduced at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and saved the lives of at least 200 people every month. Heart attack patients without access to emergency cardiac care were given STEMI treatment.
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