Amdavadis, please take this to heart

Over 10,000 Amdavadis suffered cardiac arrests in 2.5 years, 108 service says; 36-50 age group second-most prone to attacks

Amdavadis need to take a deep breath and have a hard look at their lifestyle and eating habits if this data of cardiac arrests across Ahmedabad is anything to go by. As per the data collated by 108, Emergency Management and Research Institute, in the past two and half years, over 10,000 Amdavadis suffered cardiac arrests.

The above-60 age group are the most affected age group, according to the information provided. In this group, around 4,000 people had a heart attack during this period.

However, the most worrisome fact that has come to light is that people between 36 and 50 years are the second-most group at risk of cardiac arrest, with 2,630 people struck by the stroke.

The figures also show interesting area-wise data that suggests people in the 36-50 age group of Dudheshwar suffered the most attacks.

“Cardiac arrest at the early age can be because of the coronary artery blockage or structural disease. One of the reasons can also be the weak heart muscles,” said Kamlesh Shah, a cardiologist.

Rural scores over urban

In fact, the situation is much better in rural Ahmedabad. In any age group, starting from 0 to above 60 years, people in rural Ahmedabad suffered less hearts strokes than their counterparts in Ahmedabad city.

Subodh Satyawadi, chief operational officer of EMRI that provided the data and have been instrumental in saving many lives, said, “Before being deputed to the ambulances our emergency management technicians are given 45 days training.

The training focuses on medical, trauma and environmental emergencies. Survival in cardiac emergencies primarily depends on speed of the care provided. Every day on an average we handle over 2,000 emergencies, of which over 100 cases are of cardiac arrests.”

Since their launch,108 has managed over 63,700 cardiac cases, which is 5 per cent of the total cases in Ahmedabad, according to Manan Dave, brand manager of EMRI.





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