Bihar First: 6-Month-Old Gets Life-Saving Angioplasty in Patna

• A 6-month-old infant, Arijeet Kumar, weighing 4 kg, underwent a complex peripheral angioplasty at Mahavir Vatsalya Hospital, Patna.
• The child suffered recurrent pneumonia due to a congenital constricted left subclavian artery, causing heart pressure and lung infections.
• Dr. Prabhat Kumar performed the high-risk procedure, guiding a balloon through a catheter to open the constricted vessel without major incision.
• This marks Bihar's first successful angioplasty on an infant of such young age and low weight, a historic medical achievement.
• The child's condition rapidly improved post-surgery, with reduced heart pressure and controlled lung infections.

Why It Matters: Patna doctors achieve Bihar's first complex angioplasty on a 6-month-old, saving his life.