Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024 | Medical Report from Dr. Vijay D’silva, Director Critical Care and Medical Affairs, Asian Heart Institute & Medical Director, Tata Mumbai Marathon and Procam International.
Procam International and Asian Heart Institute are grieved by the demise of our participants Suvradeep Banerjee (Aged 40) from Kolkata and Rajendra Bora (Aged 74) unfortunately passed away this morning Sunday, 21 January 2024.
Asian Heart Institute, the event’s Medical Partner ensured all necessary medical protocols were followed, and they were attended immediately by the medical team on the track.
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Rajendra Bora (74-yr-old male) was found in a collapsed condition at the petrol pump, near Pizza by the Bay, he was attended to by an AHI doctor, who performed CPR on him and immediately shifted him to the Bombay Hospital Casualty ward, via the ambulance standing nearby. In transit, they continued the resuscitation but, were unable to revive him.
Suvradeep Banerjee, a full marathoner was found collapsed by the police, near Haji Ali junction. The police informed the ambulance at Nair Hospital, who reached the site shortly. We are given to understand that the runner was unresponsive at the site and during transit. We await the statement from Nair Hospital authorities.
Dr. Vijay D’Silva stated, “Rajendra Bora and Suvradeep Banerjee unfortunately could not be revived. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their family and loved ones and we pray, that God give them strength to bear this loss.”
Overall Medical statistics
“A total of 1820 runners required medical assistance. The majority of them were muscle cramps, sprains, minor injuries, bruises, exhaustion and dehydration,” said Dr. Vijay D’silva.
Hospitalized patients and their details
“There was a total of 22 hospitalisations (1 sent to Bhabha Hospital, 14 sent to Bombay Hospital, 1 sent to Nair Hospital, 4 sent to Jaslok Hospital and 2 to Lilavati Hospital),” said Dr. Vijay D’silva.
“19 runners have already been discharged (Among major injuries; two suffered chest pain, four suffered from loss of consciousness, four with knee injury and leg cramps, one with shoulder dislocation, and one of shivering and hypothermia. Other cases were of a brown eye, hand injury, foot blisters, chest pain, calf muscle injury, and hypothermia, remaining cases were of dehydration, giddiness and severe cramps),” added Dr Vijay D’silva.
“Krishna Ramanathan (56 yr. old male) is still admitted at Bombay hospital. He had a loss of consciousness with disorientation and convulsions. His condition is presently stable,” said Dr. Vijay D’silva.
“In general, the majority of the cases were of muscle cramps, dehydration, hypoglycaemia and minor injuries. The number of casualties over the years is coming down. The races starting earlier at 5.00 am and the temperature being conducive (for the full and the half marathon) has helped the runners in a big way. The weather this year was cool and that has aided the runners in completing their run smoothly,” said Dr. D’silva.
“Asian Heart Institute is proud to be the medical partner of the Tata Mumbai Marathon for the 19th year running. We took the medical partnership with full enthusiasm and we were present on course with manpower, distributed across 3 base camps, with Intensive care units. In addition to that, there were 16 aid stations, 15 ambulances on course, and 16 bike medics on the route. Additionally, the end stretch coverage provided by the Asian Heart Institute medical team, was a great help.” added Dr. D’silva.
