Canberra Heart Rhythm Centre

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Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6015135/win-for-hospitals-public-heart-patients/

For Canberra specialists Dr Rajeev Pathak and Dr Muayad Alasady, setting up a groundbreaking cardiac service at Canberra Hospital was a dream many years in the making.

Thanks to a new cardiac electrophysiology service at Canberra Hospital, hundreds of public patients with heart rhythm problems will no longer have to travel interstate for treatment.

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Meegan Fitzharris MLA - "I was thrilled to join Dr Rajeev Pathak and Dr Muayad Alasady yesterday for the launch of Canberra’s comprehensive electrophysiology service – the best of its kind in Australia! This service has been developed by these two eminent cardiologists and together with a skilled team will mean Canberra Health Services can deliver vital treatment for abnormal heart conditions right here in Canberra."

Source: https://the-riotact.com/new-life-saving-heart-procedure-a-coup-for-canberra-hospital/296243?fbclid=IwAR1tuXpOIkiPDKTWeUSXQfcYKxt_X0eksNf6oD_DHwzJeaekyiN3bi2ZklA#.XK20jzMXmjY.facebook

Hundreds of patients a year with heart problems will no longer need to travel interstate for life-saving treatment with the launch of a state-of-the-art service at Canberra Hospital.

Canberrans with cardiac rhythm disorders will now be able to be treated at the hospital’s new expanded cardiac electrophysiology service instead of having to go to Sydney or Melbourne.

More than two years in the making, the service has been the vision of cardiologist Dr Muayad Alasady, who convinced the ACT Government of its significance and need in Canberra, and persuaded his colleague Dr Rajeev Pathak to join him from the United States in establishing not just treatment facilities but also a research arm.

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