India: Colder weather increasing number of heart patients in Kanpur

Kanpur: Continued increase in the cold condition for the past several days has brought trouble for the heart patients. 

According to the doctors, two heart patients have died at Hallett Hospital on Friday here. They were admitted at the Cardiology in the hospital.

The doctors have accepted that the number of patients suffering with heart and brain problems added up due to the rise in the low temperature these days.

Patients of brain stroke and heart stroke are admitted to Cardiology. Prof Richa Giri told that the number of patients rose because of colder weather.

One 42-year-old heart patient, another 40-year-old and a third 67-year-old have breathed their last at the hospital here.

Hypertension and brain stroke patients are increasing at OPD and Emergency of the medicine department owing to colder weather conditions. 

As many as 35 patients of and brain stroke while 9 patients with brain haemorrhage turned up at the hospital's Emergency ward in the past few days.