Mumbai :  On Valentine’s Day Kohinoor Hospital marked the celebration with the launch of a ‘Cardiac Support Program’ for its patients. The main objective of the program is to educate patients and their relatives on how to handle post-surgery care. The program will involve interactive sessions with the cardiologist, physician, nutritionist, physiotherapist, psychologist and counsellors, cardiac health check-ups for patients to avoid complications after surgery. The session will be held on the 3rd week of every month.

Around 15 cardiac patients along with their families and relatives gathered for the celebration at the hospital.  Elderly patients were gifted with heart shaped goodies, greeting cards from the hospital making it an eventful occasion for them. Interventional Cardiologists Dr. Abhishek Wadkar and Dr. Deepak Shinde from the hospital hosted the occasion. Patients had an educative- interactive session on ‘How to maintain a healthy heart’ with the doctors, dieticians and counsellors. Games were organised for patients and their spouse along with their relatives. As a token of promise a greeting card was given to the patients with the message ‘Caring for your heart is our Passion and Keeping it always healthy is our Mission’.

Speaking about the hospital’s initiative on the occasion, Dr. Rajeev Boudhankar, Vice-President, Kohinoor Hospital, said, “Valentine’s Day is all about caring and love. Kohinoor hospital has therefore decided to celebrate this year’s Valentine’s Day in a unique way with focus on faster recovery of cardiac patients without additional complications through this support program. At Kohinoor hospital patients who have been successfully treated for heart ailments will be felicitated. However the patients will be with their partners or spouse to celebrate this day together. “Heart to Heart” is the key to “Good Heart health”!!

source : Lokesh Shastri