PATHANAMTHITTA: Medical care facilities set up by the Health Department helped save 81 people who suffered heart attacks during the ongoing pilgrimage season, officials have said.

The round-the-clock modern health centres, along with specialist doctors and paramedical staff, enabled timely medical intervention and saved several lives during the pilgrimage, they added.

Of the 103 reported cases of heart attack, 81 patients were successfully treated. In addition, six lives were saved out of 25 reported cases of cardiac arrest through prompt medical attention, a state government press release issued on Saturday said.

All 44 reported cases of seizures were also successfully treated, it added.

"Giving special emphasis to life-saving measures, the health department has strengthened its prep

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