Kia India, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, donated consumables to the recently-opened cardiac catheterization laboratory at Super Specialty Block of Government General Hospital in Anantapur. 

They would be used in treatments including angiogram, angioplasty, stenting, and also in emergency cases, said Cardiology Head of the Department Subhash Chandra Bose.

“We perform close to 20 procedures a week. The donated items would last 100 days or even more depending on how efficiently we utilise them,” Dr. Chandra Bose added. More than 2,000 patients can be attended to with this lot, he said.

The cardiac cath lab, though functioning for over a month now, was formally inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of Kia India Chief Administrative Officer Kabdong Lee, Legal HoD Yonggil Ma, District Collector Nagalakshmi Selvarajan and Anantapur Government Medical College Principal Myreddy Neeraja.

Anantapur Urban MLA Anantha Venkatarami Reddy said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had okayed the expediting of the construction of the Mother and Child Block of the GGH in Anantapur, which will be of great help to the patients. 

Mr. Kabdong Lee said: “Our objective is to ensure that new cath lab is equipped with all essentials to help the local communities. And this was possible by associating with the Government Medical College & the Hospital who have been dutiful with their services restlessly even during pandemic. Our motto is to help society nearby to the possible extent and leave positive footprints”.