India, Dec. 8 -- SSB Hospital in Faridabad recently completed a procedure that stands out for both its technical difficulty and its practical importance to patients who often run out of safe options. The hospital has implanted a newly launched, nonsurgical atrial leadless pacemaker, a device so new that only a small number of people worldwide have received it. This is the first time such a pacemaker has been implanted in the region, marking a shift in what cardiac patients in Faridabad can realistically access.

The patient in question, an 80-year-old woman, had been dealing with symptoms that many families recognise but often don't immediately connect to a serious rhythm disorder such as palpitations, breathlessness, and a recurring sens...