Brahmananada Narayana Multispecialty Hospital–a unit of Narayana Health is organising a ‘Walkathon’, to mark World Heart Day on September 29. The walkathon event will commence from Modi Park near Kenan Stadium.
“This is a call to all the fitness enthusiasts, home makers, working professionals, students, sportspersons, Government officials, medical professionals and every person in the steel city of Jamshedpur – both young and old to come and be part of this one of its kind initiative when thousands of people come together to campaign and take a pledge for one cause – to keep fit and live a healthy life”, said Prateek Jain, facility director, Brahmananda Narayana Multispecialty Hospital, Jamshedpur.
According to hospital sources, in the last one year the Department of Cardiac Sciences has treated around 3,000 patients with cardiac ailments and close to 300 people have undergone complex cardiac surgeries at the hospital, which includes around 130 surgeries performed on small children.
More than 300 people required emergency cardiac treatment during the last one year, which was promptly attended to by the experienced team of nurses, technicians, paramedical staff and cardiac specialists at the 24 hour emergency services at the hospital.
Apart from this the team of cardiologists has performed 400 interventional cardiac procedures on adults and children. In order to create awareness and spread the message of risk factors related to heart disease, the hospital organized around 60 free screening camps and outreach programs in areas such as Chaibasa, Ghatshila, Purulia and Bokaro.
“Our unit has treated neonatal with congenital heart defects as young as a 2-day old baby as well as a geriatric cardiac patient aged 90 years. Saquina Bibi was the second eldest lady in Eastern India to undergo a successful bypass cardiac surgery”, informed Dr. Perwaiz Alam, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Brahmananda Narayana Multispeciality Hospital.
Speaking about the risk factors in developing a heart disease Dr Perwaiz Alam highlighted that high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels coupled with diabetes and obesity are major risk factors for heart disease.