Change lifestyle to avoid heart ailment in early age advised Dr CK Das, cardiologist of Bilaspur Railway hospital during a seminar organised at the railway station here. Over 100 railway employees and their family members attended the health check-up camp. Area Railway Manager (ARM) Avadhesh Trivedi was also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Das said people have adopted habit of eating fast food and the life style of foreign countries but they do not perform enough physical work. He said heart related problems at early age of 20 years show that the person has not spent his life for last ten years with healthy routine. It shows that those people who do not take care of their health suffer.
Dr Das said that after the heart problem is detected the patient should be rushed to hospital for intensive care. He explained that heart attack takes place when the flow of blood in vessels is interrupted due to deposition of fat or if the blood is clotted. In such case the patient feels acute pain in his chest. In such case one tablet can give him relief for 15 minutes. In the meantime he can be rushed to hospital.
Through a power-point presentation, he explained how to help the heart patients in very less time. He informed the railway employees about the techniques to be followed in such case of emergency to any heart patient. Dr Das said that one can identify such patients if they feel pain in climbing stairs or on lifting heavy weight or during physical labour, they should take immediate advice of the doctors.
Dr CK Das, CMS Dr MM Pathak, Field Worker Navin Kumar, family consultant Mohan Singh from Bilaspur Railway Hospital performed the health check up of the railway employees and their family members. The health camp was organised by Korba Railway Division. Dr Pathak told the railway employees that after the age of 25 years regular check-ups should be done for high blood pressure, blood sugar, body weight and advised them to have one health card. Everyone should take part in health check-up camps once in a year, he added.