Boston based Dr. Mukesh Hariawala, a Harvard post graduate of Indian origin will be awarded “India’s Most Admired Surgeon 2012” for his exemplary work on Angiogenesis or growth of new blood vessels to aid healing. The award will be presented at the Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit in Mumbai in September 21, organized by Indian healthcare magazine, Pharmaleaders. “I am pleased that cutting edge Angiogenesis Therapy will help the non-affording poor patients with heart disease in my…

A 75 year old male has recently undergone a rare heart surgery at SPS Apollo Hospital, Ludhiana. Dr. R.P. Singh, Senior Consultant and Coordinator, Department of interventional Cardiology, has conducted this rare cardiac surgery by closing a posterior post infarct ventricular septal defect along with a bypass surgery. The 75 year old patient who was discharged 8 days after the operation has been suffering from severe chest pain and breathlessness from last 12 years. “The…