The Karnataka Well being and Household Welfare Division has shaped a committee to research stories of an alleged surge in instances of cardiac arrest in Hassan district. The committee headed by Dr Okay S Ravindranath, director of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Analysis (JICSR) was on Monday directed to submit a report on the matter inside 10 days.
In a submit on X, Well being and Household Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao mentioned the Division is critically taking into consideration the 18 instances of cardiac arrest reported in Hassan district over the previous month.
“There’s a want for a complete examine relating to the latest rise in coronary heart assaults amongst younger individuals. Though altering existence, eating regimen, and non-communicable ailments look like major causes at first look, the case in Hassan has raised a number of questions. As a way to discover a answer, a crew of consultants has been instructed to conduct a examine and submit a report inside 10 days,” he mentioned.
On Monday, Rao mentioned the division would launch district-wide ECG and blood strain screening camps with a concentrate on rural areas. Busting claims that COVID-19 vaccines had been inflicting such instances, he mentioned that elements equivalent to smoking, chewing tobacco, alcohol consumption, stress and genetic causes had been key elements, reasonably than the vaccine.
Current stories on instances of cardiac arrest have triggered concern in elements of South Karnataka, with numerous branches of JICSR seeing a surge within the variety of outpatients choosing check-ups.