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Heart attacks among youth and women increased in Gujarat

Top stories22 Oct 2026 · 3:44 PM 8,428 views

In the last few years, there has been a significant increase in the cases of heart disease among young people across the country, in which, based on case studies, young men and women under the age of 40 years are getting heart disease attacks. Recently cases of heart disease while playing Garba in Navratri have come to light. Case Study...Heart attack in active youth playing Garba, working Case 1 A 10-year-old boy from Rajkot died of a heart attack on 30 July 2024. Purwang Dhamecha, a class four student, vomited during dinner due to which he collapsed and became unconscious. The family called 108 ambulance. The doctors of 108 examined him and declared him dead. Purvang's body was taken for post-mortem which revealed the cause of death to be heart attack. Case.2... A 13-year-old boy from Dabhoi, Vadodara suffered a heart attack and died. A 30-year-old boy while playing cricket in Rajkot suffered a heart attack, died... case. 3... In Surat, a 28-year-old man named Amar Kishore Rathore, working in a diamond company, died of a heart attack due to chest pain. He was married and had a daughter. Case..4...In Mehsana, 23-year-old school teacher Richika Shah died of a heart attack after performing garba during a Navratri event. She was rushed to hospital but died before she could receive treatment. Case 5...28-year-old Ravi Panchal of Ahmedabad suddenly collapsed and died while playing garba, and 55-year-old Shankar Rana, who collapsed and died while performing garba in Vadodara. In Vadodara, a 43-year-old man named Deepak Chauhan died of a heart attack in a sandwich shop.

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