Excelsior Correspondent
BHADARWAH, May 3: The Rashtriya Rifles under the aegis of Counter Insurgency Force (Delta) conducted lecture cum medical camp on life style diseases for local masses of Tehsil Bhadarwah, as a part of humanitarian assistance programme, today at Bhalla, Bhadarwah.
The Army doctor from Rashtriya Rifles delivered a lecture on prevention of lifestyle disease to locals. During the lecture the Army Doctor brought out that lifestyle diseases include atherosclerosis, heart disease, heart stroke, obesity, type2 diabetes, and diseases associated with smoking, alcohol and drug abuse.
Regular physical activity helps prevent obesity, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, colon cancer and premature mortality. A medical camp was organized after the lecture in which medicines were distributed to the patients.
A large number of youth were benefited by this lecture. The people had come from the nearby villages like Bhala, Bhatoli, Khaleni, Bara, Maloti and Gajot. Wide publicity was given to ensure that maximum youth/people avail the opportunity to attend the lecture.
The local population was grateful to the Army for their concentrated efforts.