Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, July 5: A cardiac diseases awareness camp was organized today at Maratha Basti, Trikuta Nagar by Department of Cardiology in which more than 200 patients including children were examined.
The team of Doctors was lead by Dr. Sushil Sharma, Head Cardiology and included Dr. Nasir Choudhary, Dr. Mohi Kalsotra, Dr. D. Kapoor and supporting Staff including Waryam Singh, Kashmiri Lal and volunteers comprising of Amandeep Singh, Gaurav Sharma, Lokesh Kumar, Balwan Rathore, Vivek Rana, Rakesh Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Fareed and S.C. Bali.
The camp was organised under the umbrella of CHILDLINE (an initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Developm-ent), Law Department, University of Jammu.
Dr. Sushil Sharma stressed upon the necessity of proper hygiene, pure drinking water, proper nutrition and screening of any diseases particularly the menace of rheumatic heart diseases and congenital diseases by birth, whose prevalence is very high amongst this subset of population.
“If this disease is acquired by child, it goes on for a lifelong Rheumatic heart disease for the patient. Ensuring good health to these children shall bring down burden of cardiac ailments,” he added.
During the camp, in addition to the physical examination, investigations, blood test, thyroid test, ECG was also done and appropriate medicines were distributed among the needy patients.
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