Minister of Health Dinesh Gunda Rao said that the establishment of a committee for an expert is a proactive, preventive measure focused on studying any local formulas or environmental factors that can contribute to deaths. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
In the middle of the growing public anxiety after a reported increase in death from a heart attack in the Hassan district with medical experts and government authorities called on the public not to give attention to scare mongers and panic.
Doctors emphasize that heart attacks are not portable diseases, unlike viral outbreaks that spread from person to person, heart attacks result from individual health factors such as lifestyle, genetics and already existing health conditions.
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While the government’s decision to create an expert committee, headed by Ravindranath, the director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Sri Jayadeva research, is a preliminary step towards studying local patterns and possible triggers, experts stressed that such incidents are not for one region and compete throughout the country.
Increase in patients
Public anxiety led to an increase in outpatient visits to all three units Jayadeva – Bengaluru, Mysur and Kalaburagi. “Media reports have created panic and anxiety among people. We see a 20% increase in the number of people looking for heart rating, and there is a huge rush of patients in our OPD,” Dr. Ravindranath.
“Since most of the 18 deaths occurred at home, we started verbal autopsy to assess the basic factors, and if there were any triggers. We will explore what caused these deaths, whether there were other unannounced cases, and if this formula is isolated Hassan or widespread,” he said.
CN Manjunath, Bengalur Rural MP and former director Jayadeva, said: “Unlike the outbreak of diseases such as Covid-19, dengue or flu or flu that spreads air, water or physical contact, heart attack, is caused by complex risk factors such as hypertension By walking, walking, walking, walking and seating and sitting stress and sédosis and sédosis and seating and sitting interest and sitting inflammation and series and sedan and series and seating and series and series and series.
Dr. Manjunath, repetition that there is no need to panic, said that instead the public should focus on routine health controls, a choice of healthy lifestyle and early medical intervention for familiar risk factors.
No specific formula
Harsh Gupta, the main secretary, health and family care, said there was no specific role model or data that would indicate an increase in death from a heart attack in any particular region. “After the news of the media and public anxiety, we created a committee for studying death in Hassan and found out whether there was a specific reason. On the basis of the committee reports, we will decide whether to initiate any measures in the district or whether the reports must be modified,” he said.
Minister of Health Dinesh Gunda also stated that the establishment of a committee is a proactive, preventive measure focused on studying local formulas or environmental factors that can contribute to death. “We must find out whether the ratio is similar or whether these cases are unique in Hassan. On the basis of a committee report, we will decide whether to declare heart death as a sign,” he added.
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Only in the last month, in only one Hassan district, more than twenty people died due to heart attacks. The government takes this matter very seriously. To identify the exact cause of these series of deaths and find a solution, the Committee of Experts was…
– Siddaramaiaha (@siddaramaiah) 1 July 2025
Main Minister Siddaramaiah urged people to visit the nearest health centers if they have symptoms such as chest pain or breathing problems. “Do not ignore these symptoms and do not delay the search for medical assistance,” he said in a post on X.
He showed that the government took a serious remark about the reported heart deaths in Hassan, the main minister said: “In February, a committee was established to study the reasons why sudden heart death between young people in the state, whether the Covid-19 vaccines could have 10 effects.
Published – 1 July 2025 23:42 is
