With inception of department in October 2012, OPD was started in residential complex under Trauma & Emergency, since then the department is growing to provide clinical and surgical care to patients suffering from Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular ailments. Aftermath of COVID is over in which our HoD was assigned the responsibility of Nodal Officer of COVID-19, we started Open Heart Surgery programme from December 2021 and have progressed in throughout the year 2022-23. Adding to our already running programs of Thoracic, Vascular & Closed Heart Surgeries.
Heart Lung machine started rolling in CT OT on 2nd December 2021 we accelerated the number of Open Heart Surgery in our designated OT from one per week to three per week and now the CTVS Department does five Open Heart Surgery cases per week in a span of one year. This is a long awaited services due for cardiac patients of this part of country. Open Heart cases are being done for Adults as well as Pediatric patients of all age groups .This is in addition to Thoracic and Lung Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Emergency & traumatic Surgical cases that the Department has continued to operate.
ECMO services were launched for the first time in Bihar by the Department of CTVS that helps critically ill patients needing prolonged cardiac and ventilatory replacement function till they recover. ECMO services are offered as part of both Routine and Emergency Services.
The CTVS Department also provided ancillary Cardiology services, along with Cath lab Emergency Services and Permanent pacemaker Implantation services.