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Written By: Admin | Updated : May 30, 2013 8:50 AM IST
Heart patients in West Bengal can go for advanced treatments at an affordable cost, courtesy a unique financial scheme that was launched in the Kolkata on Wednesday. Kolkata's Belle Vue Clinic has partnered with India Medtronic to extend its scheme of equated monthly installment (EMI) under the Healthy Heart For All (HHFA) initiative. We have started the EMI scheme for cardiac patients as the major problem in India is affordability, said Munish Sehegal, business model innovator of India Medtronic.
Over three million deaths result due to heart diseases in India and the mortality rate goes up due to affordability and unawareness. HHFA provides loan assistance at easy instalments for implants, pacemakers, stents, implantable cardiovert defibrillators and triple chambers pacemakers. The scheme benefits patients covered under health Insurance and also patients who have no health insurance or cannot get easy loans. According to estimates, cardiac ailments claim 17.3 million lives all over the world annually.
What is a heart disease?
Heart disease or cardiovascular disease refers to a group of diseases that involve the heart and/ or blood vessels. Some of the more common ones are coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. While susceptibility to heart diseases increases with age, gender, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, stress there are many things we can do to improve our cardiovascular health. A low fat, high fibre diet with fruits and veggies, quitting smoking and giving up alcohol coupled with increased physical activity and less stress can go a long way in improving cardiovascular health.
Source: IANS
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