Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 22: Augmenting his resolve to unravel various risk factors and conditions responsible for the onset of non-communicable diseases among the general population Dr. Sushil Sharma, HoD Cardiology today conducted a day long camp in Qasim Nagar which is one of the neglected urban pocket in the Jammu City. He highlighted that because of the informal nature of settlements and cultural, social and behavioural factors unique to such populations, little is known about the spectrum, burden and determinants of illnesses in these locations that give rise to these complications, especially of those diseases that are chronic but preventable. Further, lack of information, economic resources and social exclusion puts extra burden on the already deteriorating condition of the population living in unplanned settings.
While interacting with the residents of the locality, he highlighted that the nature of their location is prone to higher risk for non-communicable diseases. He observed that hypertension and diabetes is common among the people evaluated and screened for the same. He added that the women and children are the worst sufferers in this regard and must be seen more disadvantageous among the already marginalised section in terms of health parameters. “Certain risky behaviours viz. tobacco use, alcohol consumption in such settlements can be observed easily. The other factor associated with increased risk for diseases in such areas is the economic condition of an individual which can be termed as the social determinants of health”, he added.
Around 300 patients were evaluated and screened during the day long camp. Blood sugar test, Lipid Profile test, ECG was conducted and medicines were also given as per their requirement.
Others who were part of this endeavour included Dr. Dhaneshwar Kapoor and Dr. Akhil Gupta. Paramedics and volunteers included Rohit Khajuria, Kamal Sharma, Raghav Rajput, Ankush Kohli, Vikas Sabharwal, Amandeep Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Gourav Sharma, Rajeev Vohra and Raj Kumar.
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