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Punjab heart surgeon chosen to deliver prestigious oration at heart surgeons conference

Punjab heart surgeon chosen to deliver prestigious oration at heart surgeons conference

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in

It is a moment of great honour to Punjab that its heart surgeon was the only one from all over India to be chosen to deliver the very prestigious Dr CS Sadasivan oration at the 67th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) on 27th  Feb 2021 .

Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – Director of CardioVascular Sciences at the Ivy Hospital Mohali delivered the talk on Innovations in Cardio Vascular Surgery. The meeting was a virtual one and attended by over 1000 Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgeons .

Punjab heart surgeon chosen to deliver prestigious oration at heart surgeons conference

Dr Bedi has innovated numerous techniques which have been published in International journals and been accepted as World Firsts . They have also been accepted as first in the World by the Limca Book of World Records . Dr Bedi pioneered the technique of beating heart surgery which with its modifications is being used all over the world . He also innovated a technique to save a leg by transplanting a hand artery . His work has been recognized by International experts .

Dr Bedi explained that in beating heart surgery the heart is allowed to beat while the area to be operated is stabilized . This does away with the heart lung machine which besides being harmful for the patient is also very expensive . Dr Bedi was more proud of the fact that all his innovations have taken place in Punjab . Besides medical journals they have also been included in Books .

Punjab heart surgeon chosen to deliver prestigious oration at heart surgeons conference

All of Dr Bedi’s innovations have made cardiac and vascular surgery safer and more affordable . He has been constantly striving since 1995 to deliver International level care to the people of the region . The first successful  heart bypass surgery in Punjab was started by his team in Dec 1995 . Dr Bedi told that when he was in the Escorts Heart Institute New Delhi (prior to coming to Punjab) he would be operating on at least 5-6 patients per week who were from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and J & K . He then decided to take cardiac surgery to this region .

Dr Bedi can be contacted at 9814060480 and [email protected] for any clarification

March 23,2021

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