With an aim to sensitise masses on life-threatening diseases and to ensure disease-free society, a free health check-up camp was organised by The Pioneer, along with medical institutions of the capital city, here on Saturday. A huge turnout of wary residents witnessed at the beginning of camp at 6 am and lasted till noon.
Couple of renowned and experienced medical professionals from different fraternity which includes Max hospital, Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences, Fortis Escorts Hospital and Kanishk Hospital not only diagnosed patients but also shared valuable tips in order to keep them diseases-free and mentally and physically fit throughout their lives.
Around 1,200 patients consulted one cardiac surgeon, gastro-physician and other medical professionals. Out of that, 600 residents had diabetes related check-up, 300 patients queried on cardiac related problems and 200 gathered information on gastroenteritis related problems. The blood sugar, blood pressure and other routine check-ups were also done during free health check-up camp.
Among those medical professionals who attended free health check-up camp were Gurushar and Poonam from Max hospital, Rahul Dora, Head (marketing), Sarabjeet Singh, Prateek Dhyani, Abhishek Chowdhury, Sangeeta and Jyoti from Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr Abhinav Kumar Singh, cardiologist and Pankaj Sharma from Fortis Escorts Hospital and the only gastro, laparoscopic and cancer specialist of Uttarakhand Dr Mukesh Gupta and gynaecologist Dr Ritu Gupta along with Nidhi Chauhan Chandra Pal Negi and Bhjushan from Kanishk Hospital also gave their valuable suggestions on various issues.
Expressing his views, Rahul Dora, head (marketing), Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences stressed that timely detection of the disease was the key for speedy recovery and further stressed that the Synergy Hospital was equipped with latest medical equipments in order to completely cure any life threatening diseases, whereas Gurushar, Max Hospital said that residents should have thorough medical examinations at least once in a year in order to rule out any fatal diseases.
Medical experts stressed that eating balanced diet with full of fibre and doing physical exercise — including brisk morning walk or playing sports — were among the best way to remain healthy.
Expressing concern that diabetic and blood pressure patients were significantly increased month after month in the State, experts opined that unnecessary mental stress was life threatening to individuals and patients who already underwent cardiac related procedures were most vulnerable to get fallen prey to other life threatening diseases.
They said that residents should daily perform physical activities with an aim to shed away their extra pounds. “In today’s society, people want to stay in good shape and physically-fit to remain healthy but lot of us don’t get the kind of day-to-day physical activity we need, and so we are physically unfit,” they said, adding that physical activities meant any movement of the body that was made by skeletal muscles and required energy to accomplish and it was measured by determining endurance, power and flexibility to perform any task.
Counsellors from Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Society (USACS) also stressed that residents should come forward for participating in the voluntary blood donation camps which were being regularly organised by the department in the length and breadth of the State. They also stressed that human blood was the only substitute for the human blood hence residents should not only come forward for participating in the voluntary blood donation camps but also to create awareness among the masses on the importance of human blood.
Around two-dozen blood units were also collected during the camp. The free health camp which was organised by The Pioneer received overwhelming response from the residents from different ways of life. Flattering the efforts taken by The Pioneer along with renowned medical institutions, an octogenarian, Pitambar Dutt hoped that such camps would be organised in the near future in order to serve the society.