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Mumbai: 52-year-old is youngest in state to get special life-saving procedure
Updated On: 12 July, 2023 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
Diagnosed with cardiac failure and mitral regurgitation, Shridhar Penta underwent the costly MitraClip procedure
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Shridhar Penta with his wife Babita
A 52-year-old man recently underwent a rare, life-saving procedure at SL Raheja Hospital in Mumbai. Diagnosed with cardiac failure and mitral regurgitation, Shridhar Penta became the youngest patient in the state to undergo the MitraClip procedure, aimed at addressing heart leakage and restoring normal functioning. The MitraClip procedure, a minimally invasive approach, involves placing a clip in the mitral valve to correct the backward flow of blood into the lungs. Such procedures are uncommon in India, particularly for patients under 60 years of age.
Typically, this procedure has been performed in private hospitals, with costs ranging from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 40 lakh. Dr Harish Mehta, who performed the procedure at Raheja and previously at Hinduja Hospital and Wockhardt Hospital, explained the high costs associated with the clip, as there is only one manufacturer in the country. “There is only one company in the country that manufactures that clip, the price of that itself can be about Rs 25 lakh,” noted Dr Mehta.
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