Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 18: On the auspicious occasion of Navratra festival, Head Cardiology Department of Government Medical College and Super-Speciality Hospital (SSH) Jammu Dr. Sushil Sharma reached Hanuman Mandir in Manda area of Jammu city with his team of doctors and paramedics to screen and apprise inhabitants about cardiac diseases.
The team had been invited by Mahant of the Hanuman Mandir, Manda Mahant Viplav Shastri to screen inhabitants so that those suffering from the cardiac ailments get informed and start following a strict diet, medicine and exercise schedule. The team looked at more than 200 inhabitants who had turned up to get screened by the team of doctors about the prevalence of cardiac disease.
Suspected patients with symptoms of heart disease were advised blood-sugar, BP and cholesterol tests, which they got done at the venue by trained and experienced team of paramedics. Dr. Sharma advised the inhabitants to keep an eye on their heart. “Heart disease is killing people all over the globe. In India, young people are getting diagnosed with high cholesterol, blocked arteries, high blood pressure and obesity,” he said.
Prevention is better than cure, Dr. Sushil said while adding that once detected, more than intervention and medication, lifestyle change makes all the difference. “I can quote young people in good number who adhered to guidelines of lifestyle change alongwith regular medication and are living a healthy life. You have to make choice between living a heart healthy life and a life where heart takes you to the hospital now and then,” added Dr. Sushil.
Free medicines were distributed among those detected with heart disease.
The team of Dr. Sushil included Dr. Mohi Kalsotra, Dr. Anchit Singh and Dr. Dhaneshwar Kapoor. Paramedics, technicians and volunteers who aided the team of doctors in their work included Kamal Kishore Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Gaurav Sharma, Vikas Kumar, Mohan Krishan, Kashmiri Lal and Lokesh Kumar.
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