This is the first of its kind operation reported in India. Consultant cardiac surgeon Dr Moosa Kunhi said it was a rare feat as it was the first time such a surgical removal of coronary stent from the heart along with a bypass operation without the use of a Heart-Lung Machine and based on the Beating-Heart Surgey technique.

Surgical removal of blocked stents is considered a dangerous and complicated procedure. Dr Kunhi explained that this problem occurs when several stents are placed in a single artery of the heart.

Syed Mohammed, 60, from Thrissur district suffered a heart attack three months ago and underwent a procedure to place three stents in one coronary artery of his heart at that time. On the recurrence of chest pain even after the procedure, the patient consulted Dr Kunhi, who concluded that two stents were blocked and an emergency surgical removal of the stents, followed by a bypass operation, is the only hope for the patient to survive. There was no space to do a regular bypass operation in the same artery.

Dr Kunhi explained that metallic stents usually pierce the wall of the coronary arteries and adjacent heart muscles, thus making the surgical removal a dangerously complicated procedure. He said placing several stents in one coronary artery can sometimes lead to dangerous and life threatening situations.

The surgeon said a survey known as Ascert Study conducted in the US and published in 2012 has concluded that for multiple blocks in coronary arties of the heart, a by pass operation is the choice of treatment which would give longer life to patients than those undergo angioplasty and stenting. More than 188,000 patients from 600 heart centres in America were included in the largest ever study in medical history, Dr Kunhi added.

He said his patient was discharged in a healthy condition after two weeks. Dr Kunhi was assisted during the six-hour operation at Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, by Dr Nebu, Dr Sandya, Dr Naufal and others.

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Dear Patriotic Indian,

Love and New Year greetings from Delhi!

I’ve been entrusted with the responsibility of PR for the upcoming event THE GREAT INDIAN RUN 2013. Indeed, humbled!

We, at AKCAF UAE (All Kerala College Alumni Forum), wish you and your family, the best of everything during India’s 67th Republic day, the day theConstitution of India came in to affect! Happy India!

With mounting pressure on India to regain its cultural basics & richness after continued crimes against women and to bring more stringer laws to curb such atrocities, to join hands with the feeling of the nation, AKCAF is humbled to organize 'one of its kind event': THE GREAT INDIAN RUN 2013 (the 3^rd edition), which symbolizes to salute the mothers while joining hands with DFWAC (Dubai Foundation for Women and Children). It’s a charity fun run, with the sole beneficiary of the event as DFWAC, a non-profit making organization for the women and children in Dubai (www.dfwac.com).

The event is a tribute to the visionary leadership of H.H. Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President & Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who always envisages a more empowered life ahead for the women and children.

Attached is the brochure of the event, of which brief details are given below; (You are free to circulate and spread the word – more the merrier!)

Event      : THE GREAT INDIAN RUN 2013

Date      : Friday, 1^st February 2013

Timing    : Assembling @ 8am and Run begins @ 9am

Location : Mamzar Beach Road (Starting Point: Mamzar Park Main Gate)

Eligibility: Must have a generous heart and there you are!

* Theme: “A Tribute to the Rulers”.

* Slogan: “Together... Towards Social Empowerment”

Be an early bird to grab a T-shirt (event souvenir) and find the right opportunity to donate generously, if you wish to…!

More details can be fetched directly from the organizing team;

Rajesh Pillai, General Convener

+971 50 3051001, rajesh@marinaholdings.com

Nifshar KP, Joint Gen. Convener

+971 50 5146368, nifshar@gmail.com

Saleem Babu, Joint Gen. Convener

+971 50 6247975, svadakkethil@gmail.com

AKCAF urges you and your family & friends to join this noble venture! Let's have fun in running together for the divine cause!

With True Spirit of Togetherness!

(On behalf of Team TGIR 2013)

Shoukath Ali Eroth: Dreamer & Story Teller

Former General Secretary

All Kerala Colleges Alumni Forum (AKCAF)

Member of ICWC - Under the Patronage of the Consulate General of India, Dubai and Registered under Community Development Authority, Government of Dubai.

www.akcaf.com