STEMI Management Model being set up across district to offer timely medical services for heart patients
Mysore/Mysuru: “Of the total non-epidemic deaths in the world, India’s share is 12 percent which is mostly due to blockages in blood vessel (coronary arteries). It is estimated that about 2 to 3 million people are being affected by heart-related diseases every year in our country. In India, on an average, for every minute four persons die of heart attack. In Karnataka, which has a population of 6.97 crore, it is estimated that about 96,150 people suffer from heart diseases every year,” said District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad in a press release.
