Doha: The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has become the first clinical centre in the region to provide round-the-clock and nationwide Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) Service that can save the lives of very serious heart attack patients.
Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention is a procedure carried out as an emergency treatment by an interventional cardiologist. It has been shown to be the best possible treatment for very serious heart attack patients who need to be attended to as soon as possible.
The programme is linked to a trans-satellite telemetry system in the HMC ambulances which provides cardiologists in the Heart Hospital with real-time 12 lead electrocardiograph (ECG) and other vital information that help take the decision whether a patient would benefit from the PPCI procedure. |
