The Warning Signs Were There; Nobody Was Looking
New Delhi [India], May 11: Every week in India, heart disease claims more than 59,000 lives. That is 350 people every hour dying in the country, accounting for 32% of all fatalities in 2023 alone, according to the Global Burden of Disease study.
These are not numbers that should surprise us anymore. And yet, the stories behind them still do.
A founder in his late 40s. A CFO who just passed his annual check-up. A senior executive whose cholesterol was “well within range.” We keep describing these events as sudden. They are not. What they are, almost without exception, is undetected. Stories like this are not unusual in India. They are, increasingly, the norm.
According to the Global Burden of Disease study (2025), 32% of all deaths in India in 2023 were caused by heart disease, or ...









