Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 17: HoD Cardiology GMC & SSH Jammu Dr Sushil Sharma and his team conducted a day long camp at Sidh Shri Hanuman Dham, Badyal Kazian, RS Pura today. More than 300 people were screened and advised during the camp. Medicines were also provided as per the requirement.
Dr Sushil highlighted the various inequities still existing in the current scenario, particularly among rural women, in terms of their access to quality healthcare services and basic awareness regarding various morbidities due to the onset of Cardiovascular diseases.”It is, however, a note of much consolation that the opening of Medical Colleges in different parts of the state, and the wider connectivity provided to the far flung areas has mitigated the health problems of rural areas to a great extent, but still significant gap exists between the health issues faced by men and women, and the accompanying difficulties faced by the women owing to their status as being women,” he said.
While interacting with the patients, Dr. Sushil said that although national data on women’s health and outcomes according to residence are limited, disparities in rural women are apparent. “General health conditions and behavior that rural women experience at higher rates than their urban counterparts include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, cigarette smoking, obesity and incidence of cervical cancer. Proportionately fewer rural women receive recommended preventive screening services for breast and cervical cancer. Access to health care for rural residents is complicated by patient factors as well as those related to the delivery of care. Rural residents are more likely to be poor, lack health insurance, or rely substantially on Medicaid and Medicare; they also travel longer distances to receive care or to access a range of medical, dental, and mental health specialty services. Rural populations, especially women, have considerably higher rates of incidence for cardiovascular diseases, influenced by poverty, environmental factors, access to health care, and social and cultural attitudes and norms,” Dr Sharma said.
Others, who were part of this humane effort included Dr Dhaneshwar Kapoor and Dr Prabhat Singh. Paramnedics and volunteers included Gourav Sharma, Rohit Khajuria, Suresh Raina, Vijay Sharma, Subhash Sharma, Kamal Kishore, Harvinder Singh, Akshay Kumar, Raghav Rajput, Vikas Kumar, Gourav Gupta, Ankush Kohli, Rajinder Singh, Vikas Sabharwal, Rohit Kumar, Raj Kumar and Rajeev Vohra.
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