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My biggest achievements have been my students says Mumbai-based Dr Ashwin Mehta

30 January,2024 01:32 AM IST

An 85-year-old cardiologist, Dr Ashwin Mehta, is sort of a legend among the medical fraternity in Mumbai. In the 1990s, he was possibly the first in the city to use primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction (PAMI) in heart attack cases. Before that, he also helped set up the cardiology department at the Sion hospital and then went on to teach there, training thousands who went on to serve in smaller towns.

Former city mayor undergoes rare heart surgery

Sep 02, 2012 12:32 AM IST

Doctors at Jaslok Hospital replaced a blocked aortic valve in former mayor and speaker of legislative assembly Dattaji Nalawade’s heart without performing an open-heart surgery, on Thursday.

While the procedure, Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), has been performed in India earlier, doctors claimed that this is the first time it was performed in Mumbai.

Mumbai: Transgender gets a new heart valve for free in unique surgery

Nov 10, 2022, 06:37 IST

MUMBAI: A 60-year-old transgender patient with an immuno-compromised condition, who was refused surgery by many doctors, got a free new aortic valve in a south Mumbai hospital on Wednesday.

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