Italy could benefit from cooperation with India in the field of heart surgery, according to a top doctor who performed a pioneering operation in Rome to fit a patient with the latest artificial heart.
Italy could benefit from cooperation with India in the field of heart surgery, according to a top doctor who performed a pioneering operation in Rome to fit a patient with the latest artificial heart.
“Some 200 fewer heart transplants are being carried out in Italy each year, a figure that is comparable to other countries,” Francesco Musumeci said. He is head of heart surgery at the Lazio region’s transplant unit at Rome’s San Camillo Hospital.
Dr Musumeci recently returned from India, where he said he found many aspects of the country’s medical facilities to be “excellent”.
“Even if the health system is private, it has made enormous strides and in some cases the infracture is technologically superior to ours,” said Dr Musumeci.
“It is a country with which we could work together with profitably on joint projects and to share knowledge,” the doctor added.
