On World Heart Day, 1 minutes Heart Valve Screening for 1000 Indian Citizens in 6 hrs,
in Ahmedabad, Chennai and Rajapalayam using digital technology and Artificial Intelligence
| Highlights:- · A true ‘World Heart Day’ deed to creating a world record · 500 elderly participants in North India (Ahmedabad) and 500 elderly participants in South India (Rajapalayam) are being screened free of cost. · 20 doctors will sit at a control room at Chennai where they can hear and declare if heart valve disease is present or not. · This initiative and digital heart diagnosis and treatment using Artificial Intelligence is the brain child of Dr A B Gopalamurugan, who is a nationally and internationally renowned heart specialist. |
Ahmedabad: 29 September 2024: 1000 Indian Citizens from Ahmedabad, Rajapalayam and Chennai had heart valve disease screening without a physical doctor present with the patient using digital technology and Artificial Intelligence, a first of its kind event and a Official World Record on World Heart Day, 29th September 2024.
Preface and Project Aim:
Heart Disease continues to be the leading cause of death in India and worldwide. India needs 88,000 heart specialists for our population, but has only <5000. In an attempt to bridge the gap, and to minimize heart related deaths, Health and Treatments India (HTI) have initiated a programme to address the need through a first of its kind digital heart valve check. The project aim is to also show the world on World Heart Day (29th September) on novel and cost effective ways to curtail heart disease digitally which can be adopted globally
What happens during Digital Heart Valve Check?
We are going to screen 1000 citizens of India in 6 hours for one specific heart abnormality which is heart valve disease. This will serve as a pilot and proof of concept to expand on diagnosing and treating other heart conditions. One of the proven scientific and easiest ways to know if someone has significant heart valve disease is by getting a heart specialist listening to a person’s heart with a stethoscope. This program aims at achieving the same. A field worker will place a digital stethoscope on the chest of a person and a heart specialist sitting several hundreds of miles away can hear the sounds and conclude if they may have heart valve disease or not. Every participant will get an official letter from a National Medical Council of India (NMC) certified doctor who heard that
person’s heart. If heart valve disease is diagnosed, then they will be recommended for further assessments to do the needful.
How long does the digital heart valve check take?
The check will involve collecting the identification of the participants and then placing the digital stethoscope on their chests. A report will be generated once heard by the remote heart specialist. This is expected to last 1 minute for each person participating.
Where is this being conducted and how?
500 elderly participants in North India (Ahmedabad) and 500 elderly participants in South India (Rajapalayam) are being screened free of cost. 20 doctors will sit at a control room at Chennai where they can hear and declare if heart valve disease is present or not. All 1000 participants who are screened are from poor economic background and have less than optimal access to advanced health care. 20 doctors will screen 1000 patients in 6 hours. A field worker at Ahmedabad or Chennai will take identification document from each participant and put the stethoscope on his/her chest. Heart sounds from that participating person will be transmitted through a digital stethoscope (approved for clinical use by health authority of India namely NABL) to a phone application carried by the field worker. The heart sounds will digitally be transmitted live using 5G network to a control room at Chennai where the cardiologist will be able to hear the heart sounds digitally tagged to that participant. The heart specialist will make a decision and an official letter signed by the heart specialist will be generated and the sent to the participant instantaneously.
Who will be conducting this programme?
This initiative and digital heart diagnosis and treatment using Artificial Intelligence is the brain child of Dr A B Gopalamurugan, who is a nationally and internationally renowned heart specialist. He is also a Guinness world record holder in the field of heart treatments. The organisation that will be conducting this programme is called Health And Treatments India (HTI). The entire programme is being conducted as a good will activity to minimise heart deaths and ailments in India and the world.
When is the programme planned?
The entire program lasting 6 hours is planned on World Heart Day which is the 29th of September. As an Official World Record is attempted, the program may need adjudication in the three locations namely Chennai, Ahmedabad and Rajapalayam. All recordings are recorded in encrypted software. The screening programme is officially legal in the Indian Healthcare system.
