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MUMBAI: Ratan Tata-backed healthcare startup Goqii has launched a new smart health device with fitness icon, Akshay Kumar, focusing on cardiac health. The device Vital ECG has been designed to track heart health with just a tap of your fingertip.

The device provides ECG reports powered by Tricog Health, a platform that instantly and accurately interprets ECG readings with advanced technology and medical expertise.

Goqii chief executive Vishal  Gondal said, "This is a big step towards reduction in India's mortality rate due to heart disorders and is in support of PM Modi’s Vision of ‘FitIndia’.

Goqii Vital ECG wrist wearable can record a one lead ECG, of the user's wrist making diagnosis readily available to the masses. The GOQii Vital ECG is only a screening device and not a medical-grade device.

Dr. Vanita Arora, Director and Head Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab and Arrhythmia Services Max Saket said, “The Goqii Vital ECG band will help diagnose symptoms of arrhythmia that are transitory in nature, thus aiding in quick analysis and interpretation as the symptoms exist only for a brief period. The patient can understand that the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat is irregular in a period of 30 seconds, and can take immediate action to prevent any fatalities.”

Dr. Charit Bhograj, Chief Cardiologist and CEO at Tricog, explained, "The collaboration with Goqii brings in a new generation of heart monitoring on people's wrists. Undetected Arrhythmias can lead to potentially life-threatening conditions like strokes that can be prevented with the use of technology and medicine."