Meditrina Hospitals launch free ConsultCardio service for GPs across India


New Delhi/Kollam, India, 18 July 2017: Imagine the context where a General Practitioner serving at a remote rural village in Uttar Pradesh comes across a patient with suspected cardiac symptoms. GP doesn’t have the basic facilities or expertise to evaluate and support the patient further, rather than referring to a hospital with cardiac unit, but the nearest such unit would be at least 5-6 hours away, putting the patient at severe risk.


Dr. N. Prathap Kumar led Meditrina Hospitals, with SIH cardiac care units across India unveils a unique program ConsultCardio, to address this serious concern and offer some solace to GPs and their patients from those remote areas of our country. Under this initiative, GPs and doctors at primary care centres and smaller clinics/hospitals in the rural and semi urban areas of India can reach out to the senior cardiologists at Meditrina Hospitals across India for an immediate consultation to render advanced care to their patients with cardiac symptoms.



A vast majority of such patients do not require surgical intervention, provided the patient is given necessary care under the supervision of a specialist, immediately after the manifestation of symptoms. With the advent of advanced communication tools and internet connectivity across the rural India, it makes easier for doctors to reach out to the specialist for advisory and guidance for treatment, provided such a service in available.



This service requires pre-registration for the medical professionals at #ConsultCardio; once enrolled they are free to reach out to the senior cardiologists at Meditrina Hospitals whenever they are in need to consult regarding a cardiac patient, that too absolutely free of cost. Dedicated lines, email