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ITANAGAR: The Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Science (TRIHMS), the only medical college in Arunachal Pradesh, achieved another milestone on Sunday with the inauguration of the first Cath Lab in the hospital by Chief Minister Pema Khandu along with Health Minister Alo Libang. Dedicating the state-of-the-art facility to the people of the state, Khandu congratulated TRIHMS Director Dr. Moji Jini and the two senior cardiologists, Dr. Rinchin Dorjee Megeji and Dr. Toni Ete, for their role in the establishment of the lab. "Since its establishment, TRIHMS has come a long way in upgrading health infrastructure and services. We assure you that the state government will do everything to make available all kinds of treatment to the people, who have to go outside and spend their hard-earned money," Khandu said. He urged the medical fraternity and experts to aim for the best and suggest to the government what more needs to be done. "You are the experts. You have to advise the government on what more facilities can be made available at TRIHMS, especially in fields like ophthalmology, orthopaedics, and urology," the chief minister pointed out.
Citing the rapid development of the state's health sector in the last few years, Khandu informed that the Bakin Pertin General Hospital at Pasighat, in East Siang district, is being upgraded to cater to the needs of the people of eastern Arunachal. He said the new health infrastructure and equipment are due to improved revenue generation brought in by his government. "All kinds of developments are directly connected to the revenue we generate. We cannot forever depend on the central government for our financial needs," he said, adding that harnessing the state's huge hydropower potential is one way forward. Giving details of the cath lab, Dr. Jini informed that it is a radiological imaging system in which both diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac interventions are done.
Cardiac interventions are procedures in which general anaesthesia is not required. The procedures are done under local anaesthesia with the help of wires and catheters, without any surgery. The procedure includes coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty, pacemakers, closure of holes in the heart, balloon mitral valvotomy, and many other lifesaving procedures. "Cardiac interventions are fast and dynamic, have the ability to treat patients immediately, and also have rapid recovery and discharge," he informed. The cath lab in TRIHMS is Azurion 5C of Phillips India Ltd.
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