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Leh, Oct 25: The Sonam Norboo Memorial (SNM) Hospital, Leh, Saturday launched the Union Territory’s first Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab)—a state-of-the-art facility that brings advanced cardiac procedures to the region’s doorstep.

Set up at a cost of Rs 6 crore under the National Health Mission (NHM), the facility marks a historic leap for the high-altitude UT where heart patients had to travel to Srinagar, Chandigarh or Delhi for life-saving interventions. The new chapter in Ladakh’s medical history began with a 45-year-old patient suffering from Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)—the first to undergo an angiography at the facility. The procedure, performed by Dr. Lotos Gailson, Cardiologist at SNM Hospital, and his trained team, was completed successfully, earning appla

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