Saturday, April 06, 2002
Payyanur: The agreement between Pariyaram Medical College and Narayana Hridayala,Bangalore to setup a cardiology centre in Pariyaram campus has been signed yesterday at Pariyaram. Sri.P.Narayanan Nambira, MD of Pariyaram Medical College and Dr. Devi Shetty, MD of Narayana Hridayala signed the agreement in the presence of MV Raghavan, the minister for co-operation,K.Sudhakaran,minister for forests and NA Muhammad(all directors of Medical College).
An area of 5000 sq.meters has been given for setting up the cardilogy centre,which is known as "Sahakarana Hridayalaya" in the pariyaram campus. The duration of the agreement will be for three years and can be renewed. The basic infrastructre will be provided by the MedicalCollege. The cardiology experts will decide the treatements from Bangalore for the patients through telemedicine technolgy. The rate of heart diseases is increasing too much in India, said Dr. Devi Shetty at the function. He told an average of 300 children are born per day in Indian with heart disorders.
