First coronary artery bypass surgery made in Pavlodar

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The first coronary artery bypass surgery was made in Pavlodar, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the press-service of Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry.The surgery on the patient born in 1949 was made in the new cardio-surgery center. On November 2012 the man had a large-focal myocardical infarction. He is now in intensive care unit with stable circulatory dynamics.The cardio-surgery center started operating in the end of December 2012 to provide a package solution for decreasing the number of cases of diseases, disabilities and cut mortality rate from blood circulatory system diseases.Kazakhstan currently has four regional cardio-surgical centers in Astana, Almaty, Pavlodar and Aktobe.