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A 52-year-old male who participated in the half marathon suffered a cardiac arrest, with no past medical history of any heart problem. Thanks to the team from Asian Heart Institute, he was rushed to Jaslok hospital, angiography was done and bypass surgery was advised.
Another 54-yer-old make had severe chest pain and was admitted to the Bombay Hospital. A 33-year-old woman and a man suffered severe dehydration and vomitting and was sent to the GT hospital. From the senior citizen run, a 65-year-old fractured his ankle and was admitted to the GT Hospital.
Dr Vijay D'silva, Medical Director and Director of Critical Care, Asian Heart Institute suggests that just being an enthusiast cannot suffice the purpose of participating but thorough training, medical fitness and following medical guidance are always the better options. "Very few participants of full marathon and dream run required medical help this year. However we saw many untrained half marathoners within the age group of 30-40 who required medical aid," said Dr D'silva.
"When participating in marathon people should get their medical check up done and get proper training. Majority of the runners were not trained and still running," said Dr Ramakant Panda, Vice Chairman and Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon, Asian Heart Institute.
99 patients from Asian Heart Institute who have undergone either bypass surgery or angioplasty participated in the marathon and successfully completed. There was no instance of any of them needing medical help during or after the marathon.
Key cardiac rehabilitation veterans who completed the marathon were
1. Dhananjay yellurkar; has undergone cardiac surgery: 49 years old, the only one to complete the full marathon
2. Shailesh Patel, had a bypass in 2006. He has participated in half marathon in 2009. This year he again participated in half marathon.
3. Captain Sanjiv Bhalla, 56 year old professional pilot. Had bypass in 2010. Participated
In dream run 2011 and 12. This year successfully completed half marathon.
AHI has been providing medical aid and helping Mumbai run safe since the last ten years. In order to achieve this, AHI sets up 10 medical aid stations along the route for any first aid required; 2 Base camps at the start/finish equipped to handle all emergencies; deploys 10 Ambulances with a doctor and nurse and 350 doctors, nurses, paramedical & support staff from Asian Heart institute are on duty. Since last year, the team also has 6 medics on motorbikes to patrol every part of the course, to pick up injured runners even sooner.
This effort is headed by Dr.Vijay DSilva, medical Director to Asian Heart Institute, Medical partner to the Standard Chartered Marathon and Dr Aashish Contractor, Medical Director to the marathon itself and Head, Cardiac Rehabilitation Department at Asian Heart Institute.