Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Recogni-sing the fact that the health can be improved by proper planning of the urban environment, Dr. Sushil Sharma, HoD Cardiology GMC Jammu conducted day long health awareness cum check up camp in the premises of Sarv Shakti Chandi Mata Temple, Pacca Danga, Jammu.
He underlined that the growing body of literature has demonstrated that urban design attributes are associated with a range of health outcomes. “For example, the location of employment, shops and services, provision of public and active transport infrastructure and access to open space and recreational opportunities are associated with chronic disease risk factors such as physical activity levels, access to healthy food, social connectedness, and air quality. Despite the growing knowledge base, this evidence is not being consistently translated into urban planning policy and practice in our cities. Health promotion practitioners and researchers need to more closely engage with urban planning practitioners, policymakers and researchers to encourage the creation of healthy urban environments through integrated transport, land use and infrastructure planning,” Dr Sharma said.
More than 600 patients were examined, evaluated and advised during the camp. ECG, Blood Sugar, Lipid Profiling was conducted and medicines were also given as per the requirements.
Others, who were part of this campaign, included Dr S.K. Bali (Nephrologist), Dr. Shahbaz Khan, Dr. Dhaneshwer Kapoor and Dr. Syed Raheela. Paramedics and volunteers included Kamal Sharma, Mohd Altaf, Gourav Heera, Raghav Rajput, Vikas Kumar, Anmol Singh, Maninder Singh, Lovely Kumar, Rohit Khajuria, Sushil Jamwal, Rajesh Suri, Harvinder Singh, Akshay Kumar and Raj Kumar.
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