With the Divine Blessings of Swami, a state-of-the-art Catheterisation Laboratory worth Rs. 4.2 Crore was inaugurated by Sri RJ Rathnakar (Managing Trustee, SSSCT) along with Trustees Sri K Chakravarthi,  Sri SS Naganand and Sri Nimish Pandya (AIP, SSSSO) at the Cardiology Department of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram today. Dr Gurumurthy (Director, SSSIHMS-PG), Dr VR Iyer (HoD, Cardiology) and other senior staff were present on the occasion. 

Cath Lab is a specialised facility used to provide minimal invasive advanced cardiac procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases. Philips Azurion Cath Lab is the Next-Gen image-guided intuitive therapy platform, that has unique features like Dynamic Coronoray Roadmap, Digital Subtraction Angiography, reduced radiation dose and total control of the Cathlab at table side to name a few. These features make the system more efficient and hence patient diagnosis and treatment easier. 

The Advanced Cath Lab is the second major addition to SSSIHMS-PG this year. Just a month ago a new Heart Lung Machine was inaugurated at the hospital. Sri RJ Rathnakar said that in Swami's hospital we have the best doctors and the best equipment to provide the best of the patient care totally free of charge to all. Swami's hospitals stand as beacons of hope to humanity especially for the poor and the needy. As the trustees of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust it is our commitment to see the institutions established by Bhagawan Baba grow and prosper with every passing day and provide better care to the people.

The first case taken up after the inauguration was a two year girl Shruti, a resident of Bihar from India Nepal Border. She had an ailment called the PDA in which a device is put to rectify the problem.