Dr Prathap Kumar is specialized in Interventional Cardiology for both Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty procedures. He is among the most respected Cardiologists in India having more than 20 years of experience in Interventional Cardiology treating simple to complex Cardiac conditions. With his vast experience and expertise in the field, he has contributed immensely to the growth of Interventional Cardiology earning distinctive recognition and respect in the country.

Graduated in Medicine in 1988 from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. Prathap Kumar N acquired MD (Internal medicine) in 1992. A protagonist of the belief that heart matters most, he went on to learn the ills of the heart and obtained DM (cardiology) in 1997 with a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from University of Turin, Italy in 2002. Having had gained the know-how, and whetting his skill with overseas trainings, Dr. Prathap was instrumental in establishing the cardiology department in Benziger Hospital, an Interventional cardiology centre in Pariyaram Medical College and in PRS hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. He was a Director of Cathlab Services in Manipal Heart Foundation, Bengaluru.

All along, Dr. Prathap nurtured a passionate desire to have dedicated cardiac centres across India to render specialized and affordable heart care. Dr. Prathap Kumar N is the Chief Interventional Cardiologist of Meditrina Group of Hospitals headquartered at Kollam, Kerala, India with units at Thiruvananthapuram, Kottarakara, Jamshedpur, Maldives. To his and his team’s credit, nearly 10000 angioplasties, half of them complicated, were performed. Further, it is indeed a recognition, that Cardiac Centers are functioning in ESIC hospital - Kollam, Civil Hospitals – Panchkula & Ambala, in collaboration with Meditrina Hospitals Private Limited.

Dr. Prathap Kumar N had other ideas too in spreading awareness. Dr. Prathap Kumar N’s publication “ORMAKALUDE HRUDAYASPANDANAM” released by Metropolita Mar Christostam is a compendium of 25 anecdotes of experience and reaction of the people and beneficiaries along with concepts and precepts in Cardiac care. The ever ebullient Dr. Prathap Kumar’s concern for our health, heart and general well-being is carried in most of the health-magazines published from Kerala.

But the busy cardiologist Dr. Prathap Kumar N never ignored his indebtedness to the society. Care for the unfortunate has prompted him to hold cardiac camps free of cost covering over one lac population over the years. His hands saw over 200 angioplasties free of cost. In addition, to those who can afford a little, Dr. Prathap Kumar N has rendered 1000 angioplasties at reduced costs of 50% to 75%.

Dr. Prathap Kumar N has always a thought for the unfortunate. In collaboration with Malayalam newspaper ‘MATHRUBHUMI” Grihalekshmivedi, the special scheme “HRIDAYA SPARSHAM” was launched on 7 November 2016 at a much reduced rate, to help the needy in heart attack. With no assistance of any kind from the Government, this purely private endeavor is aimed at the public stricken with heart attack if admitted within 12 hours of chest discomfort or symptoms of heart attack. Primary Angioplasty, the best treatment for heart attack, has the success rate of 98% at the unbelievable rate of Rs. 30000/- which is less than 30% of the cost of angioplasty in major hospitals. The special feature of this scheme is that angioplasty can be free to the neediest upon donations from well-meaning society members.

A series of award and recognitions followed Dr. Prathap Kumar N, Excellence Award by Vivekananda Samskarika Samithi, 2015 the Times of India Business Excellence Award 2011, Best Interventional Cardiologist Award by Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences, 2012. So it is not the privileged circumstances that make up a person but strength of purpose and perseverance matters. VIEW ALL AWARDS

Highlights

Motivated recipient of the first Heart transplant in Kerala.

First to start invasive cardiac centre in tier II city.

First to start cardiac catheterization laboratory in Idukki district , the most remote and hilly district of Kerala.

First to start cardiac intervention in Cooperative sector in India

First to start cardiac cath lab service by PPP model in an ESIC hospital in the country.

First to start cardiac cath lab in the country of Republic of Maldives.

Maximum complex angioplasties done with the highest success rate in the state.

Master operator award by Amrita institute and Business Excellence award by Times of India.

Created a complex coronary interventional course in the country