Hiranandani Hospital Launches Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre

Dr. L. H. Hiranandani, Powai has launched a unique Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre to help heart patients across all age groups to recover fast and return to full and productive life. This type of primary prevention centre is also beneficial for people who don’t have a heart problem but are at risk.

Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre was inaugurated by Prof. Kevin Sykes, an international expert on Occupational Health & Fitness, Director of Centre for Exercise and Nutrition Science (CENS) in Chester, Dublin, Hong Kong and Singapore. Prof. Kevin Sykes says “Cardiac Rehabilitation is an exercise and educational program designed to improve a quality of life”.

Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani present at the inauguration ceremony said, “I am really proud to launch Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre at Dr. L. H. Hiranandani and this is one step ahead to have a healthy and stress free life”.

Dr. Sujit Chatterjee, CEO of Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital reveals, “Heart diseases are no longer related with old age alone. Recent studies have shown that an increasing number of younger people are affected by heart problem due to stress and altered lifestyle.”

Cardiac Rehabilitation at Hiranandani Hospital is a comprehensive medically supervised program and is designed to help patients regain physical and psychological wellbeing through exercise, education, counseling, risk factor reduction and learning ways to improve health related quality of life.

There are mainly four components of the process of Cardiac Rehabilitation.

1. Medical Evaluation:

Initial and ongoing thorough evaluation helps the Cardiac Rehabilitation team of Hiranandani Hospital to assess patient’s physical abilities, medical limitation and other psychological condition and keep track of progress over time throughout the programme.

2. Exercise Training:

No longer is bed rest recommended for serious heart problems. Hiranandani Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation team makes sure that it is comfortable and safe for patients to exercise. During the exercise sessions, heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure and pulse rate are measured through various monitoring systems.

3. Nutritional Education:

This helps to control your excess weight and helps you learn how to make healthier food choices by reducing consumption of saturated fats and sugar.

4. Lifestyle modification:

Hiranandani Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation team supports and educates patient to break unhealthy habits such as smoking and drinking. It also gives patients an opportunity to ask questions and clarify doubts on issues such as resuming work, driving and physical activity.

In the long run Hiranandani Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre helps you to improve physical fitness and exercise tolerance, reduces future risk of heart disease, build up confidence, improve dietary habits and life style, speed up psychological aspects of recovery and mainly increase awareness of heart diseases. Dr L H Hiranandani’s Cardiac Rehabilitation program is tailor-made to each patient’s needs and health condition. The Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre team includes cardiologists, dietitians, exercise specialists and psychologists.

The process of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Hiranandani Hospital is divided into the following 3 phases.

* Phase I (In the hospital): It begins with chest physiotherapy, breathing exercise, incentive spirometry, no strenuous activities and gradually progress to walking and limited stair climbing.
* Phase II (Early recovery): This phase begins soon after hospital discharge and generally lasts from 4-16 weeks. During this phase, activity level is gradually increased.
* Phase III (Ongoing recovery): This is a long-term maintenance program to follow for the rest of life by focusing on life style modification, risk factor reduction and exercise.

Any patient who has suffered from any heart diseases or one who is at risk can seek the support of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre at Dr. L. H. Hiranandani Hospital, Powai. Visit www.hiranandanihospital.org