Exclusive research in cardiac care is the need of the hour, said K.M. Cherian, chairman and CEO of Frontier Lifeline Hospital, on Friday.

He was speaking at the 20th anniversary celebration of Sri Ramachandra University’s (SRU) Cardiac Care Centre. He was conferred with visiting professorship at SRU.

In his address, Dr. Cherian traced the growth of cardiac surgery from ‘a scratch made at Perambur Railway Hospital’, three decades ago, to modern-day, high-tech cardio thoracic surgeries carried out in the city.

While conferring the visiting professorship on Dr. Cherian, V.R. Venkataachalam, chancellor of SRU, said Dr. Cherian had performed nearly 41,000 surgeries, many of them firsts in the country.

Doctors present on the occasion said the cardiac care centre would focus on sophisticated, minimally-invasive neonatal and heart transplant surgeries.   Plans are on to start a fund for the benefit of children who cannot afford expensive surgeries, said a press release.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai> Health / by Staff Reporter / Chennai – September 06th, 2014