Mayor, ADGP, AIIMS Director join Walkathon on Heart Day

Dignitaries flagging off Walkathon in Jammu on Wednesday.
Dignitaries flagging off Walkathon in Jammu on Wednesday.

Change lifestyle to prevent problems: Dr Sushil

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

Jammu, Sept 29: Emphasizing the need of changing lifestyle to prevent heart-related problems, Dr. Sushil Kumar Sharma, Head of the Department, of Cardiology, Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) Jammu focussed on the need for preventive measures like maintaining a healthy lifestyle, dietary preferences and physical activity to remain healthy.
Speaking on the conclusion of Walkathon on the World Heart Day, Dr. Sushil said that nothing is more powerful than human resolve which can be ascertained with the Jammuites pledge to participate in the Walkathon as well as by the huge response received with participation from all the sections of the society while maintaining social distancing norms.
This Walkathon was organized regarding World Heart Day, to make people aware of how to keep a healthy heart to avoid morbidity and mortality particularly in times of pandemic when already there were millions of deaths worldwide.
Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation, Chander Mohan Gupta, ADGP Jammu, Mukesh Singh, Director AIIMS Jammu, Dr. Shakti Gupta, president Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCI) Arun Gupta, eminent cardiologist Dr. Mohan Lal, Dr Rajinder Singh ( Former principal GMCH Jammu ) and other dignitaries of the city attended the impressive Walkathon.
This year the theme of World Heart Day is, “Use Heart To Connect Every Heart” and all the participants were made aware to use their head, influence and compassion to beat cardiovascular diseases.
“The aim of organizing this Walkathon was to address the ever-rising trend of CVDs which take the lives of 18.6 million people every year, 31% of all global deaths. Triggering these diseases – which manifest primarily as heart attacks and strokes – are tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and the harmful use of alcohol”, Dr Sharma said.
Dr. Sushil further said that collective factors like abnormal lipids, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, abdominal obesity, psycho-social variables, and alcohol consumption need early intervention so that they should not turn uglier enough to initiate the onset of chronic morbidities among the common populace.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor JMC Chander Mohan Gupta called for coordination among all sections of the society to create awareness among people about such diseases. He said that JMC has started a comprehensive campaign to make Jammu city neat and clean.
Appreciating the participation of a large number of people in the Walkathon, ADGP Mukesh Singh said. It is a good sign that a large number of people have participated in today’s event.
Dr. Shakti Gupta assured Jammuites that AIIMS Jammu would start functioning before the stipulated time as it is his mission to provide quality health services to the people of Jammu. “I am here with a mission to provide world-class health services to the people of Jammu”, he said.
Walkathon started from Bikram Chowk and culminated at Superspeciality Hospital, Jammu. At the outset, Dr. Mohan Lal, Dr Gurjit Singh ,Dr. Arvind Kohli and Dr Nasir Ali Choudhary informed the participants on how to stay healthy and how to prevent any complications in patients who already have cardiovascular disease.