Kolkata: Manipal Hospital Achieves a Significant Milestone in India’s Maternal Cardiac Care
What began as a race against time to save a young mother struggling to breathe soon turned into a remarkable story of medical excellence and hope at Manipal Hospitals EM Bypass . In a rare and highly challenging intervention, Dr. Dilip Kumar, Director Cath Lab, Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Device and Structural Heart Expert, along with his multidisciplinary team, successfully performed a life-saving Balloon Mitral Valvotomy (BMV) on a 26-year-old woman from Bhagalpur carrying twins and battling severe heart failure during the 24th week of pregnancy. The complex procedure not only stabilised the critically ill mother but also safeguarded the lives of her unborn babies, marking a significant milestone in the field of maternal-fetal cardiac care in India. The breakthrough case involved Rojee Kumari, a 26-year-old woman from Bhagalpur, who was referred in an emergency condition during the 24th week of her diamniotic twin pregnancy . She arrived in NYHA Class IV heart f...