New Delhi Mar 29 PTI A total of 218 deaths were recorded in the cardiology department of Rajiv Gandhi hospital here in the last two years out of whom 101 were those patients who had undergone stent implantation and angiography procedures the Delhi government informed the Assembly on TuesdayThe city health department in a written response to a question also said a committee was set up recently to probe deaths that have taken place in the coronary care unit CCU of the facilityAccording to the response based on data from medical record department and cardiological department 70 deaths took place in 2020 and 148 fatalities in 2021Out of these 218 deaths in the last two years recorded in the cardiology department of Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital RGSSH 101 were those patients who had undergone stent implantation PTCA and angiography procedures CAG it saidPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty PTCA is a minimally invasive procedure to open blocked or stenosed coronary arteries allowing unobstructed blood flow to the myocardiumAngiography or Coronary Angiogram CAG is a process where X-rays are used to study the condition of blood vessels in the arms chest or headAccording to the data in 2022 till March 7 17 patients had died in the cardiology department of the facility who had undergone procedures like PTCA and CAG In response to another question the Delhi health department said stents are not being purchased at RGSSH but these equipments are being used on an imprest basis on contractual rate pertaining to GP Pant HospitalAn associate professor of cardiology who was working on contractual basis at Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital had been terminated from service after the death of three patients with heart blockage earlier this month officials had said recentlyHe was sacked on orders from the Delhi Secretariat a senior official had saidAction against the doctor was initiated on March 10 before a four-member committee which was set up to review the matter officials had saidAlso in response to another question it said during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic 3793 patients were admitted at GTB Hospital out of whom 1545 had died and information is available for all patients who had been admitted PTI KND VIT TDS TDS