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Apple Watch Saves Haryana Dentist's Life By Showing ECG Irregularities, This Is What Tim Cook Said

Haryana dentist Nitesh Chopra found that there was 99.9 per cent blockage in his arteries when he visited a hospital after finding irregularities in the ECG measured via an Apple Watch Series 6.

New Delhi: Haryana resident and dentist Nitesh Chopra got the shock of his life when he found that there was 99.9 per cent blockage in his arteries when he visited a hospital after finding irregularities in the ECG measured via an Apple Watch Series 6 that had he had presented to his wife last year. The Apple Watch that Chopra had presented to his wife detected his heart condition after he complained of chest pain.

His wife Neha suggested him to take an ECG on the Apple Watch Series 6 and after noticing the irregularities in the ECG they went to a hospital and got an angiography done that revealed Chopra had a 99.9 per cent blockage in his arteries. Chopra underwent surgery and spent a few days in the hospital and was discharged with a stent in his heart.

“We were lucky that nothing bad didn’t happen. It was the Apple Watch that actually gave an indication that because my husband is in his early 30s, we would have never even imagined him to be suffering from blocked arteries," the dentist’s wife was quoted as saying by News18.

“It was the Apple Watch that actually gave as indication as because my husband is in his early 30s, we would have never even imagined him to be suffering from blocked arteries,” she added.

Overwhelmed, the dentist's wife wrote a thank you note to Apple CEO Tim Cook for the technology that was key in saving her husband’s life and sent him an email. In her email, she had mentioned that they reached the hospital only because of the technology provided by Apple. She wished Cook lots of love and happiness and thanked him for giving her husband a life.

Responding to her email, the Apple CEO wrote: “I’m so glad you sought medical attention and received the treatment you needed. Thanks for sharing your story with us. Be well. Best, Tim," the email read.

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