Many of the patients have also been delaying hospital visits due to fear of contracting Covid-19 and therefore having a complicated course of recovery due to lack of timely treatment.
Dr Sreekanth Shetty, Interventional Cardiology, Sakra World Hospital, said, "As mental stress, frustration and insecurities among people rise due to financial anxiety, job loss, salary cuts, unregulated working hours, etc., we are witnessing a surge in heart attack cases. This is due to pandemic-induced stress on people.”
He said there was a disproportionate rise in heart attack-related hospitalisations. In fact, there has been a 30% increase in the number of such patients coming for treatment in August and September, compared to the same period last year. While heart patients are still shying away from elective procedures, admissions in the emergency ward have risen for heart ailments, he added.
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