WhatsApp, training and tenecteplase injection bring heart attack care to rural Punjab
A 40-year-old man received timely treatment for a heart attack at Khanna Sub-divisional Hospital, thanks to a new initiative in Punjab. The hospital utilized WhatsApp to quickly share ECG results with a consultant, leading to the administration of tenecteplase within half an hour. This case marked a significant milestone in the hospital's thrombolysis efforts, part of a broader state initiative to improve heart attack care in rural areas.
- ▪The patient was diagnosed with an ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) and treated with tenecteplase.
- ▪Punjab's Mission AMRIT initiative has trained staff in sub-divisional hospitals to conduct thrombolysis under specialist guidance.
- ▪The hospital recorded its 100th thrombolysis case, the highest in Punjab, improving patient outcomes significantly.
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At 4:40 a.m. on May 4, 2026, a 40-year-old man came to Khanna Sub-divisional Hospital’s emergency department with sweating and chest pain. Within minutes, the staff nurse and Emergency Medical Officer (EMO) had checked his heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar and more importantly, conducted an electrocardiogram (ECG).The ECG result was sent on WhatsApp to the hospital’s medicine consultant, Shiney Aggarwal, who diagnosed it as an ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) case and asked the EMO to administer the injection tenecteplase. Dr Shiney Aggarwal with the emergency staff at SDH Khanna. | Photo Credit: Swagata Yadavar STEMI is a severe, life-threatening heart attack with significant coronary artery blockage.
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