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No myocarditis threat
The specialists said this at a press conference at the Health Ministry in Colombo, yesterday. Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva presided. Heart specialists from USA and Switzerland were present. Among the participants were consultants from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Cardiologist Vajira Senaratne said there had been complaints about chest pains by some patients, admitted to Badulla Hospital. But they had been discharged after receiving treatment for three to four days having made full recovery. "There has not been a single case of death due to heart failure at the hospital out of the 250 patients admitted to the hospital on account of similar complaints over the last three and half months," he said. Senaratne said blood samples of patients did not show any viral involvement. "There is no need to panic," he said. Heart specialist Dr. D.P. Atukorala said if it had been a case of myocarditis, patients would have died. If it had been anything of the sort, it would have been a mild sort of myocarditis, he added. Dr. Andrew Ross, USA Cardiologist said from what he heard, he suspected there was a situation of myocarditis. "Myocarditis is predominantly a viral infected disease which causes heart failure. I think patients' complaints at the hospital have something to do with a viral effect, but this could be due to poor sanitation, such as washing or something similar to that," he said. Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva requested the public not to panic following information that has no scientific base on matters concerning health. |
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