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Adopt a healthy lifestyle - Expert urges on World Heart Day

 


The Chairman of the Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd (MHEPL), Dr Sudarshan Dr Ballal, has said that current projections of heart diseases were a wakeup call for all and sundry to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

He said that currently heart diseases are common across all age groups including people in their 30s or 40s and said the primary reasons are stress, lack of exercise, and unhealthy food habits, apart from excessive smoking and drinking.

He cited that India was currently witnessing nearly two million heart attacks a year and majority of the victims are youngsters, which is not a healthy trend.

Compared to the West, Indian’s experience heart failures early and therefore it is recommended to modify lifestyle at an early age. Keeping cholesterol levels under check and undergoing regular health check-ups are the key to maintain a healthy lifestyle,” Dr Ballal said during a virtual international workshop on World Heart Day.

The MHEPL, organised the workshop in collaboration with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), which was under the theme, “Guardians of the Heart” for the people across all age groups.

The event was launched on 28 September 2021 with participants from Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Maldives, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The objective of the workshop was to educate, inspire and motivate people to have a healthy heart and to spread awareness on the importance of heart health.  

Healthy lifestyle, World Heart Day

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Roland Affail Monney, said the initiative was committed to create awareness on major lifestyle diseases that will potentially affect the common man.

Considering the rising incidences and higher morbidity of heart failure patients, there is a need for a dedicated workshop like this that provides end-to-end and comprehensive education and spreads awareness for heart diseases.”

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We are committed to this cause through our patient-centric facilities, expert specialists, and a track record of best-in-class outcomes,” he said.

Dr Yogal Sharma of Manipal Hospitaka, said “We hope to harness the power of digital connectivity by creating conversations around awareness, prevention and management of CVD globally.

Telehealth is playing a huge role as we continue to “Use to beat CVD”. Manipal Hospitals promises to make Heart Heroes through the workshop. We believe that the knowledge, compassion and influence can make hearts healthy,” he said.

 The workshop

Organisers said it would be an ongoing digital workshop for a duration of three to six months with a motive to educate people around the importance of keeping the heart hale and hearty specially keeping in mind the current alarming situation of cardiac health among youngsters.

It will also educate people on how to have a nutritious diet and at the same time how to take care of the heart while staying at home.

The agenda of the workshop was to make people aware about different ways of keeping the heart healthy while staying at home as digital health is the need of the hour. HCMCT Manipal Hospitals is committed to lead and promote innovation and technological advancement in cardiovascular by conducting such insightful workshops on heart health and educating and fulfilling its mission with these programs.

The workshops will be held for public, media associations, key referral doctors and patients and will consist of activities such as awareness talks on keeping one’s heart healthy in selected countries, an interaction with Manipal Hospital patients from across the countries, media heart workshops on keeping the heart healthy, digital heart health tips and stress buster activities for reducing CVD- related problems.

About Manipal Hospitals: 

As a pioneer in healthcare, Manipal Hospitals is India’s second-largest multi-specialty healthcare provider treating over 4 .5 million patients annually. With its recent acquisition of a 100% stake in Columbia Asia Hospitals in India, the integrated organization today has an enhanced pan-India footprint with 27 hospitals across 15 cities with 7,600+ beds with a talented pool of 4,000+ doctors and 10,000+ employees.

Its focus is to develop an affordable, high-quality healthcare framework through its multispecialty and tertiary care delivery spectrum and further extend it to out of hospital care. Manipal Hospitals provides comprehensive curative and preventive care for a multitude of patients from around the globe.

Source: Ama Baafi

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