I WANTED TO SHARE THIS AMAZING PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS THAT DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW FAR OPEN-HEART SURGERY HAS COME IN THE LAST DECADE. PICTURED IS SWAROUP ANAND FULLY CONSCIOUS AS HE UNDERGOES OPEN-HEART SURGERY. AND EPIDURAL TO NECK ADMINISTRATED BY WOCKHARDT HOSPITAL NUMBED HIS BODY WHILE KEEPING HIM VERY MUCH AWARE. THE LEAD SURGEON DR. VIVEK JAWALI SAYS THAT "IF WE NEED THEM TO COUGH OR BREATH MORE DEEPLY TO CLEAR AIR FROM THEIR HEART THEY CAN RESPOND. THIS MAKE THE PROCEDURE A LOT EASIER TO PERFORM". AS THE PATIENT IS AWAKE THE DOCTOR HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THE BODY IS REACTING TO THE SURGERY FROM THEIR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM TO THEIR BRAIN FUNCTION. DR. JAWALI RECENTLY RELEASED A DVD GIVING A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO THE PROCEDURE FOR SURGEONS AT OTHER HOSPITALS BUT I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND TRYING THIS AT HOME 😉
I have had open heart surgery my colleagues would never have kept me awake because i would have never shut up during the durgery 😂😂