Archive · 2 Jul 2025
Punjab Launches Statewide STEMI Project to Treat Heart Attacks
Imagine your heart is like a road and blood is like cars delivering supplies.
Sometimes, a blood clot blocks the road (STEMI heart attack), stopping the supplies.
Punjab is starting a project to help people with these heart attacks.
They are giving free medicine called Tenecteplase to break up the blood clots, like clearing a traffic jam.
Doctors in smaller hospitals are getting special training and will work with bigger hospitals to help patients fast.
This way, people get help quicker and have a better chance to recover.
Punjab Health Minister launched a statewide expansion of the STEMI project on National Doctor's Day.
The project aims to improve outcomes for patients experiencing ST-segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).
The project will provide free Tenecteplase injections at district health facilities to dissolve blood clots.
District and sub-divisional hospitals will serve as 'Spoke' centers, supported by 'Hub' hospitals via tele-ECG consultation.
Over 700 staff members from all 23 districts have undergone training for the project.
- Who
- Punjab Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh and healthcare staff.
- What
- The statewide expansion of the Punjab STEMI project, providing immediate treatment for STEMI heart attacks.
- When
- Launched on National Doctor's Day, July 1st.
- Where
- Across Punjab, with district and sub-divisional hospitals.
- Why
- To improve outcomes for heart attack patients by providing timely intervention.
- Project Name
- Punjab STEMI Project
- Primary Goal
- Improve STEMI patient outcomes
- Treatment Provided
- Thrombolysis with Tenecteplase injection
- Cost of Injection
- Rs 30,000 (free under the project)
- Number of Districts
- 23
- Staff Trained
- Over 700 members
- Key Hub Hospitals
- DMCH Ludhiana, GMCH-32 Chandigarh, and Government Medical Colleges of Patiala, Faridkot, Amritsar and AIIMS Bathinda