New treadmill for screening cardiac ailments
The Hindu
Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital receives advanced treadmill for cardiac screening, inaugurated by Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital on Monday received a treadmill for screening patients suffering from cardiac ailments.
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Thoothukudi Town, Kelkar Subhramanya Bhalchandra, who had arranged for the ₹3 lakh-worth equipment through sponsorship, inaugurated the treadmill in the presence of Dean, TKMCH, G. Sivakumar.
The treadmill, ‘12 Lead Stress Test System’, is a computer-based cardiac workstation combining Resting and Exercise ECG. Equipped with high torque AC motor and digitally controlled drive system, it simultaneously acquires and displays 12 lead raw ECG. Even though it functions with standard and user-programmable treadmill protocols, this workstation with emergency stop with alarm detects leads off and arrhythmias. There are facilities for marking events such as chest pain, leg pain, dyspnea, angina, etc.
Medical Superintendent Padmanabhan, Deputy Superintendent Kumaran and Resident Medical Officer Silas Jayamani were present.

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