SUT Royal Hospital celebrated World Heart Day along with Patients, Staff, Doctors and guests.
Dr G Kishore, Principal LNCPE & Director SAI inaugurated the event. Dr Bharat C Chandran, Chief Interventional Cardiologist & Managing Director SUT Royal Hospital, Dr Baiju Senadhipan, Keyhole Bariatric Surgeon and Director TIDDMAS and Dr Usha S Nair, Associate Professor LNCPE took part as chief guests.
Dr Baiju Senadhipan, spoke to the audience about close link of morbid obesity with heart dieseases and how Keyhole Bariatric Surgery can prevent and in many cases reverse obesity induced heart disease.
He also clarified Bariatrics is not liposuction or a cosmetic surgery. Its an advanced surgery conducted by expert keyhole surgeons to resolve metabolic diseases of patients which is the root cause of excess weight.
The session was attended by many members of the public and their families.