NEWS – Hrudaya Jyoti scheme for cardiac healthcare launched in State

HIGHLIGHTS

Aim of the scheme – Save as many lives as possible in case of heart attack and also to ensure treatment is provided within the golden hour

• Programme was announced in the budget
• Karnataka has witnessed that recently young people are increasingly suffering heart attacks
• According to a study, 35% of heart attack victims are in their 40s

What is proposed 

• Install emergency devices in public places to cater to those suffering from heart attacks within the crucial response time
• Set up hub and spoke centres across the state, to ensure patients get immediate care
  • The hub-and-spoke model yields a healthcare network consisting of a main campus and one or more satellite campuses
• Spoke centres will be set up at 85 district and taluk hospitals
• Sixteen super specialty hospitals in the state, including the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, will act as hub centres.
• Deploying AI technology that can detect the severity of a patient’s condition within four to five minutes
• Additionally, as a part of the programme, 50 automated external defibrillators will be installed in public places including bus stands, railway stations, airports, Vidhana Soudha and courts
  • These machines will help analyse the heart rhythm in people experiencing heart attack-like symptoms and in a few cases initiate an electric shock to the heart to restore normal rhythm

How it works

• Those experiencing any chest pain can immediately visit the spoke centres where doctors will perform an ECG and administer Tenecteplase injections to prevent a heart attack
• Also, within four to five minutes, using a specially designed Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool, doctors will be able to detect if the condition of the patient is critical
• For critical patients, Tenecteplase injection will be provided free of cost. This injection is very effective in preventing sudden heart attacks
• Further, depending on the need for advanced treatment, patients will be referred to the hub centres to get an angioplasty or an angiogram
• BPL card holders will get free treatment in hubs of super specialty hospitals. APL cardholders can get free treatment under our Arogya Karnataka Ayushman Bharat Health Card