Heart disease big killer in Padang

Heart disease big killer in Padang

PADANG, West Sumatra: Heart disease was the cause of death for
about one in every three people in West Sumatra, a doctor said on
Friday.

Asnil, an expert from the Dr M Djamil Hospital, said research
in 2000 by Andalas University showed about 1,600 people in West
Sumatra were known to have died from heart disease annually. The
province has 4.2 million people.

Some 400 of the deaths occurred before patients received
medical care, he said.

Asnil said the number of visitors with heart problems to the
cardiac care center had increased from 17,000 people in 2002 to
23,500 in 2003. --Antara