Jammu : Emphasizing the need of changing lifestyle to prevent heart-related problems, renowned cardiologist, Dr Sushil Kumar Sharma, Head of the Department, Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) Jammu focused on the need for preventive measures like maintaining a healthy lifestyle, dietary preferences, physical activity to remain healthy.
Speaking at the Walkathon on the World Heart Day, Dr. Sushil said that nothing is more powerful than human resolve which can be ascertained with the Jammu people 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 we have suffered millions of deaths worldwide.
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 is 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.
“There is very low awareness about these diseases among people leading to further challenges to inculcating lifestyle changes and prevention methods”, he said and added that the aim of today’s event was to create awareness among society by involving all sections of the society.
Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation, Chander Mohan Gupta called for coordination among all sections of the society to create awareness among people about such diseases.
Appreciating the participation of a large number of people in the Walkathon, ADGP Mukesh Singh observed that it is a good sign that a large number of people have participated in today’s event.
He said that every section of society must create awareness among people to prevent such diseases.
Dr. Shakti Gupta assured Jammu people 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.
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