Bengaluru: Close on the heel of Sandalwood Star Puneet Rajkumar, there is a sharp increase in the number of young people who are looking for basic heart medical tests at the Government-managed Sri Jayadeva Cardiovascular Institute (SJICSR) here.
The hospital has 1,600 people visiting its OPD on Monday, against the turn of Normal Day 1,200.
According to Dr.
CN Manjunath, Director, SJICSR, healthy individuals who are looking for tests and examinations for the past three days seems to have been triggered by death puneeth.
While the numbers in OPD began to see an increase on October 30 itself, there was a big bow on Monday.
“This is a panic visit and a jerk reaction.
It is not enough if such an evaluation is done once.
Someone must be careful.
Following puneeth’s death, there is a 20-25% increase in OPD visits,” said Dr.
Manjunath.
Dr.
Manjunath advised people with a strong history of family hearts and many risk factors such as smoking and diabetes going for CT-Coronary Angiogram, imaging tests that view arteries that supply blood to the heart.
“It can show cholesterol and calcium deposits in the arteries, if any.
If there are calcium depositions in the arteries, it means that heart disease has begun.
However, CT-Coronary Angiogram should not be repeated every year because it is a source of radiation,” he said, as he added that it is provided only for those who have many risk factors and are considered highrisk and vulnerable.
Incidentally, 275 people seek a master’s health check covering all blood investigations and treadmill tests at the hospital on Monday.
Hospitals usually see nearly 175 people who are looking for masters health checks every day.
The hospital staff also said that because of the large crowd, the appropriate behavior of Covid also went for a throw.
A similar trend was seen in mysuru unit and Kalaburagi in the hospital too.
MySuru OPD has 1,000 people who are looking for consultations on Monday, against the usual 600-700.
While private hospitals did not see a large crowd, doctors at Manipal Hospital admitted that they did find special cases of healthy individuals who wanted to be checked to make sure they were fine.
Dr.
Ranjan Shetty, a cardiologist intervention, Manipal Hospital, said 15 young people from the 20-40 year age group appeared a little panicked and underwent a test like CT-Coronary Angiogram.
“It is good to know health status, but it must be maintained and not a reaction to one event.
It is important to undergo a healthy lifestyle,” said Dr.
Shetty.
“For a week, young people will rush in and then they forget everything,” he said, adding that a similar trend was seen when actor Sidharth Shukla died in September after a heart attack after a heart attack.
There was no significant increase seen in people who seek heart consultation at Narayana Health, the hospital said.