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It was a travel down the representation lane for galore connected Saturday (January 17, 2025), erstwhile erstwhile heads of the section of Cardiology astatine SCTIMST, existent and erstwhile module members and cardiologists who person passed done the portals of the Institute met unneurotic to observe the aureate jubilee of the department, marking 50 years of excellence successful diligent care, objective grooming and research.
Inaugurating the aureate jubilee celebrations, the Director of SCTIMST, Sanjay Behari, recollected the travel of the section which began successful 1976 with constricted faculty, has respective firsts to its recognition and which is contiguous a nationally recognised world and objective attraction hub successful Cardiology.
“The Cardiology section astatine SCTIMST has consistently combined patient-centric attraction with innovation and high-quality training, creating generations of cardiologists who present service crossed the state and beyond,” helium said, adding that ethical signifier and technological integrity had remained its enduring strengths.
Harikrishnan S, Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiology, outlined however the section had played a pivotal relation successful advancing cardiology successful India implicit 5 decades. The aureate jubilee was the solemnisation of a shared bequest built connected objective excellence, research, innovation and patient-centric care, helium said
The Cardiology section of SCTIMST acceptable up 1 of the earliest cardiac catheterization laboratories successful the state and performed the archetypal radiofrequency ablation for cardiac bushed disorders successful India.
Apart from being a salient grooming centre successful the country, the section is besides a large referral centre for analyzable cardiac interventions. Over the past decade, the section has received astir ₹30 crore successful extramural backing from nationalist and planetary agencies, supporting astir 25 large probe projects.
Among the peculiar guests who graced the juncture and reminisced implicit their years that were spent successful shaping the section of Cardiology included the precise archetypal Head of the department, KG Balakrishnan and erstwhile HoDs, Ajit Kumar V.K., Jagan Mohan Tharakan, K. Jayakumar, among others.
Kris Gopalakrishnan, President, SCTIMST; Sunil Kumar, caput of Autonomous Institutions, DST and K.K. Narayanan Namboothiri, elder module member, besides spoke.
Alumni awards and thesis awards were presented successful designation of outstanding contributions by erstwhile students and young researchers. A peculiar “Down the Memory Lane” conception traced the department’s travel from inception and featured respective pictures of yesteryears.
A amusive quiz connected the Cardiology section was besides portion of the show.
