AHI to provide medical assistance during TATA Mumbai Marathon 2018

From AHI, 70 rehabilitated cardiac patients are participating in the marathon this year

The Asian Heart Institute (AHI) has been the preferred medical partner for the Mumbai Marathon for the past fourteen years in succession. As the Mumbai Marathon draws closer, a dedicated team at the Asian Heart Institute is gearing up for the grand event to be held on January 21, 2018.

From AHI, 70 rehabilitated cardiac patients (13 half marathoners and 57 dream runners) are participating in the marathon this year.

Looking back at this fourteen year long and satisfying association, Dr. Ramakanta Panda, Vice Chairman, Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai says, “We are proud to partner with Mumbai Marathon for the fifteenth consecutive year. Like every year, we are well equipped to handle any kind of medical emergency in the shortest time possible. The whole team at the AHI is more than glad to contribute state-of-the-art facilities and services for the marathoners.”

AHI’s facilities and services during TATA Mumbai Marathon 2018 include:

• 500+ volunteers from AHI (including 200+ medical staff)
• 11 ambulances (each with a doctor & a nurse to ply on the entire route)
• 8 ‘mobile medics’ (doctors on motorbikes for the entire route)
• 11 aid stations all along the route
• 2 base camps (of 40 & 20 beds each)

With this medical infrastructure in place, AHI can handle medical emergency — injuries, dehydration, or any other complication arising due to long distance running.

Dr Panda wishes all marathoners a safe and fun-filled run at the TATA Mumbai Marathon on January 21, 2018.