Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, May 6: Focusing on important aspect of growing burden of Cardiovascular diseases among the people and their families who suffered displacement owing to the partition of country in 1947 due to their poor understanding towards healthy behaviour and habits, Dr. Sushil Sharma today held a sensitization programme in Brij Nagar area of Tehsil R S Pura.
He highlighted that this sub-group suffered initial disadvantage in terms of loss in property, education, income and traditional knowledge based on the vicinity in which they formerly reside. Dr. Sushil said that in a bid to regain their status, many risky behaviour were introduced in this sub-group. “Moreover, the traditional habits, beliefs and behaviour which were relevant to maintain good health remain altogether missing or less predominant among this already marginalised section.” He asserted that during his long years of treating patients with different ailments from diverse backgrounds, he has observed that there are certain habits and beliefs different among people from diverse backgrounds and largely defines the health outcomes in a specific group.
Many attempts to promote public health have focused on the individual and their lifestyle, and this seems to be a fairly common-sense approach. The main issues addressed usually include diet and physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use, drug intake although, at various times, other issues have also fallen within this rubric. After all, it could be argued that if individuals took more exercise, then they would be physically fit. If they smoke less and consume less alcohol they would be at a reduced risk of long-term conditions such as heart disease or cirrhosis. Individual behaviour can play an important part in health and illness, so maintaining a healthy lifestyle could well be simply a matter of self-control, Dr Sushil stressed.
Accompanied by team of young doctors and paramedics Dr Sushil examined people of area for prevalence of cardiac diseases and other health ailments. More than 250 people were screened, evaluated, diagnosed and free medicines were given as per the requirements.
Other who were instrumental in this endeavour included Dr Kewal Sharma and Dr Akhil Gupta. Paramedics and Volunteers who were part of the team, included Vikas Kumar, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Harvinder Singh, Kamal Sharma, Nitish Mahajan, Kirti Bhat, Ankush Kohli, Vikas Sabharwal, Amandeep Singh, Rajeev Vohra and Raj Kumar.
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