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                                                                                                   Deepak Lather

                                                                    Sports Science and

               Bringing the                                         Medicine – powering
               MitraClip procedure                                  India’s athletes

               to western India                                     Since 2014, the 20-member Sports Science and

                                                                    Medicine (SSM) team at RFH, in association with
               Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital performed the   Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (RFYS), has
               first MitraClip procedures in Western India to fix the   helped over 130 athletes realise their full potential.
               mitral valves of two patients. The patients were able
               to get discharged within 48 hours. The procedure     Amoj Jacob ran a blistering anchor leg in the
               was performed by cardiologists Dr Maulik Parekh,     4x400m men’s relay at the Tokyo Olympics. The
               Dr Nihar Mehta, Dr AB Mehta and Dr R Handa,          Indian quartet clocked 3:00:25 to set a new Asian
               and anaesthesiologists Dr Harvesp Panthak and        record, failing to make the final just by a whisker.
               Dr Kritika Sharma.                                   Jacob says, “Reliance Foundation has been
                                                                    incredibly helpful, especially with rehab. There is a
               MitraClip is a minimally-invasive procedure to       huge difference compared to when I started. They
               clip the valve’s two leaflets at the site of a leak.   work on every weakness to help you get better”.
               Leakages are caused by heart blockages, dilatation
               of heart chambers or valve leaflet prolapse. The     Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
               procedure improves the quality of life by reducing   weightlifter Deepak Lather attests to the value
               reduces valve regurgitation, breathlessness and      of counselling. He says, “When I was in rehab in
               avoiding open-heart surgery.                         2019, I was in touch with Maithili ma’am (Maithili
                                                                    Bhuptani, Lead Sport and Exercise Psychologist at
               Dr Tarang Gianchandani, CEO, RFH, said, “We are      RFH). She told me what’s gone is done, you can do
               always at the forefront of providing patients access   nothing about it, but you can have a say in what’s
               to world-class services, infrastructure and clinical   going to come”. He adds that “initially, I did not
               outcomes, and the pioneering MitraClip procedure     grasp the importance of mental health and did not
               was a prime example of our commitment to             think too much about it, but gradually I realised how
               our patients.”                                       important it is.”




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