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Early diagnosis and timely involution astatine taluk hospitals person helped prevention the lives of astir 16,000 patients with superior cardiac complications nether the Puneeth Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyoti scheme of the authorities of Karnataka.
According to the Health Department, 11,78,504 radical person been screened nether the programme since its motorboat successful March 2023. During this period, doctors identified 18,804 cases of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), a terrible benignant of bosom onslaught that requires urgent aesculapian attention. Of these, 15,908 patients — accounting for 84.6% of the cases — were successfully treated.
Beneficiaries of Puneeth Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyoti Yojane since March 2023
ECGs: 12,26,816
Patients diagnosed with STEMI: 18,804
Patients referred to cardiology superspeciality hub hospitals for further treatment: 15,908
Patients administered Tenecteplase injection since May 2024: 1,560
The State Government named Karnataka’s STEMI absorption task astatine the taluk level aft histrion Puneeth Rajkumar successful 2023. The inaugural was launched to minimise delays successful diagnosing and treating bosom onslaught patients successful agrarian areas, and is being implemented done a hub-and-spoke model.
AI technology
Officials said Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled exertion has played a cardinal relation successful facilitating accelerated diagnosis. Patients are categorised based connected the severity of their condition, enabling doctors to rapidly place captious cases and initiate treatment. As portion of the programme, 1,560 patients person received the costly Tenecteplase injection escaped of complaint since May 2024.
Over 12 lakh ECGs
Raghunandan, State Deputy Director (Non-Communicable Diseases), said that 12,26,816 electrocardiograms (ECGs) had been conducted since the scheme’s inception. “Of these, 18,804 STEMI cases were identified. A full of 15,908 patients survived aft they received attraction done thrombolysis, angioplasty, stenting, and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) procedures,” helium said.
Hub-and-spoke model
At present, 86 territory and taluk hospitals relation arsenic ‘spoke’ centres, portion 10 ‘hubs’ person been established crossed 16 super-speciality hospitals, including the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research. The State Government had announced the enlargement of the strategy to each taluk hospitals successful September 2025, and enactment towards this is presently underway, Dr. Raghunandan said.
Jayadeva institute Director B. Dinesh said individuals experiencing thorax symptom could sojourn immoderate spoke centre and acquisition an ECG immediately. “Using AI-assisted technology, doctors tin find wrong 4 to 5 minutes whether a diligent is successful a captious condition,” helium said.
With cardiovascular diseases emerging arsenic a large nationalist wellness situation and bosom onslaught cases steadily rising crossed Karnataka, officials said the Puneeth Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyothi strategy has go a important involution successful reducing cardiac mortality, and ensuring timely entree to specialised treatment.
Dr. Dinesh said that the State Government has approved the constitution of Jayadeva outer centres astatine the existing multi-speciality referral centre tally by GBA astatine Govindarajanagar, and astatine Charaka Super-speciality Hospital affiliated with the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute successful Shivajinagar.
