It was a heartbreaking paradox—one of India’s promising young cardiac surgeons lost to a sudden heart attack. Dr. Gradlin Roy, a 39-year-old cardiac surgeon from Chennai, collapsed during ward rounds, and despite every possible intervention, including CPR, stenting, intra-aortic balloon pump, and even ECMO, nothing could reverse the damage from a complete arterial blockage. His passing has deeply shaken the medical fraternity and raised an uncomfortable question: how well are doctors really looking after their own hearts? Neurologist Dr.
Sudhir Kumar, trained at CMC Vellore and based in Hyderabad, shared his concern on X, writing: “When the healer falls, it must serve as a wake-up call for doctors’ heart health.” He stressed that Dr. Roy’s death is not an isolated incident. Several physicians in their 30s and 40s in India have succumbed to sudden cardiac events in recent years. What’s…
