Covid vaccine not direct cause of heart attacks: Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 7 (ANI): Karnataka Health Miniter Dineh Gundu Rao clarified on Monday that the expert report tate the COVID-19 vaccine i not a direct caue of all udden death occurring in Haan and other ditrict in the tate.
He aid that all udden death occurring outide the hopital will henceforth be reported, which will provide more data for reearch on heart attack.
Dr Ravindranath, who wa heading the team that wa conducting the invetigation related to udden cardiac death in Haan and other ditrict, ubmitted the COVID-19 ide effect report to the Health Miniter today.
Reponding to the media after receiving the report of the expert committee on Covid ide effect in Bengaluru on Monday, Rao aid that the number of heart attack ha increaed by 4 to 5 percent after Covid. However, he clarified that the expert report ha tated that the COVID-19 vaccine i not a direct caue of thi.
The expert report ha tated that tobacco conumption i the main reaon for the increae in heart attack in 50 percent of cae. Apart from thi, Diabete, blood preure, obeity have increaed. Exceive ue of teroid i alo a reaon.
A report ha alo been prepared by comparing the medical record of Jayadeva Hopital before Covid. A tudy wa conducted on 253 heart dieae patient at Jayadeva Hopital. It ha been found that the COVID-19 vaccine i not a direct caue of heart attack. There ha been a light problem with the mRNA vaccine. But who in our country ha not received thi vaccine, aid Miniter Dineh Gundurao.
He further aid that exceive time pent in front of the creen of mobile phone and ytem ha had an effect.
Heart attack have occurred during COVID. But expert have expreed their opinion in the report that the advere effect of COVID are le after 3 year. Out of 253 cae, 19 were Covid poitive cae. But 98 percent of the cae were Covid vaccinated. There i a poibility of blood veel blockage within a year of COVID-19. But the expert report ha aid that it effect i not that great after three year, aid Miniter Dineh Gundu Rao.
In the wake of the expert report, Health Miniter Dineh Gundu Rao announced everal important deciion to find a olution to the problem by detecting heart attack at an early tage which include deciion to conider all udden death outide government hopital a notified dieae, potmortem examination i mandatory to obtain death certificate for all udden death outide hopital, plan to ubject all 15-year-old chool children to heart check-up.
He aid that information ha been ent to the Education Department to include non-communicable dieae and heart circular for chool children in the textbook.
Puneeth Rajkumar Hriday Jyoti Yojana, which work like a Sanjeevini in cae of udden heart attack, ha been extended to all taluk hopital, he aid.
Other key announcement include deciion to place elf-operated AED machine at bu tand and railway tation. Plan to provide CPR training to the public.
At the government level, we have decided to conduct heart check-up and A6 creening for government employee and contract employee. Private companie and entrepreneur are advied to conduct annual health check-up for worker in their companie, he further added.
Karnataka Haan ditrict i in the grip of a worrying urge in heart attack-related death, with four more live lot on June 30, taking the number of death to 22 in jut 40 day.
The majority of the victim were young or middle-aged, raiing eriou concern about an emerging health crii in the region. Among the 22 death, five were between 19 and 25 year old, eight were aged between 25 and 45, and only a few were above 60. Thi diproportionate impact on the younger population ha left both the medical community and the public rattled. (ANI)