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First Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi passes away due to cardiac arrest; here’s why and how cardiac arrests happen
Here’s everything you need to know about cardiac arrests, and why they are often fatal.
Tapas Pal, veteran Bengali actor and former All India Trinamool Congress MP, passes away aged 61 in Mumbai
Tapas Pal was rushed to a suburban hospital after he complained about chest pain at the Mumbai airport.
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In a first-of-its-kind operation, surgeons put a patient in suspended animation
Medically termed emergency preservation and resuscitation, the suspended animation technology is designed to help trauma patients whose heart has stopped.
Gehana Vasisth, who featured in ALTBalaji's Gandii Baat, hospitalised after suffering cardiac arrest
Gehana Vasisth reportedly fainted on Thursday during her shoot at Madh Island, and was immediately rushed to the hospital
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Cardiac arrest explained: Former CEC TN Seshan dies at 86
Cardiac arrest is an emergency condition in which the heart of a person who hasn’t been diagnosed with any heart disease, stops functioning.
PMC Bank row: Mumbai man who lost money in scam-hit bank and job at Jet Airways dies of cardiac arrest
The man's father said they had a deposit of over Rs 90 lakh with the PMC Bank, and also a recurring deposit account for the children.
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Studies reveal that the risk of silent strokes in older people increases after having non-cardiac surgery
A study published in The Lancet in mid-August argued that the risk of covert or silent stroke in older people increases after having non-cardiac surgery.
Knowing the difference between three potentially-fatal heart conditions can help avert a tragedy
Close to midnight on 6 August, 2019, former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj died following a cardiac arrest
Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty dies at 94 of cardiac arrest; eminent writers note 'sense of void' in his demise
Born in 1924 at Faridpur in undivided Bengal, Nirendranath Chakraborty was a dominant figure in the modern Bengali literary field. His first book of poems Nil Nirjone was published in 1954 when he was 30 years old.
Man coughs up a massive, intact blood clot shaped perfectly like his lung passages
His doctors aren’t even sure how the perfectly-formed blood clot came out with just a heavy cough.
Stan Lee's death certificate reveals Marvel Comics icon passed away due to cardiac arrest
In late February, Stan Lee revealed he was battling pneumonia, explaining that he had to cancel several appearances because of his illness
CISF personnel saves passenger who suffered cardiac arrest at Mumbai airport; patient's condition now stable
The passenger, Satyanarayana Gubbala from Andhra Pradesh was scheduled to fly from Mumbai to Hyderabad but suddenly collapsed near Terminal-2 of Mumbai Airport due to a cardiac arrest on Friday.
How a billion mitochondria boosted a baby's damaged heart back to life
Doctors are optimistic about the procedure being life-saving in adults, too.
Sridevi funeral news updates: Delay in repatriation of body, embalming postponed till tomorrow
Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor, considered by many to be one of the biggest names in Hindi cinema, has died after suffering a heart attack in Dubai,
Jayalalithaa's demise: Madras HC adjourns hearing to 10 October, rejects plea to register case of suspicious death
The Madras High Court Thursday adjourned until 10 October the hearing on a petition filed against a lower court order, rejecting the plea to register a case of suspicious death in connection with the demise of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa
Abbott's decision to pull out Xience Alpine stent won't impact Indian patients, claim health activists
Abbott recently got the approval to withdraw Xience Alpine stent from India by the NPPA, however, health activists believe the move would benefit Indian high-end medical device makers
Indian passenger dies of cardiac arrest on Lufthansa Airline's Frankfurt-Mumbai flight
The passenger, identified as Charanjit Singh Anand, in his mid-60s, passed away on the Lufthansa flight LH-756 which landed in Mumbai around 1.20 am.
SS Khaplang passes away at 77: Chairman of banned Naga outfit NSCN-K died after cardiac arrest
SS Khaplang, chairman of Naga rebel group NSCN-K, had engineered many attacks on the security forces including the killing of 18 Indian Army soldiers in Manipur. He died on Friday night at Takka in the Kachin state of Myanmar
Dainik Bhaskar Group Chairman Ramesh Agrawal passes away after heart attack
Ramesh Chandra Agrawal, chairman of the country's leading publication house Dainik Bhaskar Group, died following a heart attack upon his arrival at Ahmedabad airport on Wednesday.