World Heart Day Celebration-PGIMER,Chandigarh
THEME- Use Heart to Beat CVD
Department: Medical Surgical Nursing (CTVS Nursing), NINE, PGIMER, Chandigarh
World Heart Day celebration amid COVID-19 was virtually organized by CTVS Nursing department, faculty and students of National Institute of Nursing Education on 29th September 2020 for raising awareness about cardiovascular diseases and to live a healthy heart life.
As part of the celebration, coordinator of CTVS Nursing, NINE, PGIMER, Ms. Neena Vir Singh welcomed the gathering by addressing about the importance of world heart day celebration. Dr. Karobi Das, officiating principal, NINE and Dr. Sukhpal Kaur, Academic Incharge, NINE welcomed the chief Guest of the occasion, Prof. Yash Paul Sharma and briefed about the heart day and theme.
Chief guest Dr. Yash Paul Sharma gave brief knowledge about how to deal Patients with CVD and COVID-19. An e-poster competition based on the theme (Use Heart to Beat Cardiovascular Disease) was held on 27/9/20 and was evaluated by eminent judges of NINE, PGIMER. A presentation of e-posters was presented by Ms. Aanchal Sharma M.Sc. final year student of CTVS Nursing on 29/9/20.
Results of the e-poster competition were declared by Chief guest Dr. Yash Paul Sharma. Dr. Monika Dutta, Lecturer, NINE and Ms. Sakshi Bhardwaj, M.Sc. A final year student of CTVS Nursing explained briefly about the cardiovascular diseases, its risk factors, AHA guidelines for prevention of CVD and emphasized on the importance of good eating habits, cessation of smoking, alcohol as it has a bad effect on the heart health. They also spoke about the importance of sports and exercise suggested by the World Heart Federation and the influence of COVID -19 on CVD and its prevention. Mrs. Raj Kumari M.Sc. a final year student of CTVS Nursing, gave a one week Challenge to participants to meet a healthy heart and emphasized on healthy lifestyle, stress free life to keep heart healthy and further feedback will be taken up by participants after one week. Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur, Faculty, NINE, proposed a vote of thanks.
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PRESS RELEASE-On World Heart Day, PGIMER-Chandigarh
Cardiologists dwell on the theme “use heart to make better choices for society, our loved ones and ourselves and beat cardio vascular diseases” Cardiologists and public health experts from PGI and corporate sector dwelt on the theme “use heart to make better choices for society, our loved ones and ourselves and beat cardio vascular diseases” They emphasised that to take on Cardiovascular Diseases, make lifestyle changes and shun tobacco / Alcohol / Trans fatty acids.
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health in collaboration with Strategic Institute of Public Health Education and Research (SIPHER), Chandigarh hosted a webinar on ‘Hypertension and Cardiovascular Complications’ to commemorate World Heart Day. During the webinar, eminent cardiologists and faculty members from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) shared their insights on cardiovascular complications related to hypertension and listed ways to deal with them.
Dr Sandeep Gill, SPO, NPCDCS, Punjab; Dr. Amarjeet Singh, Professor and Head, Dept. of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Dr. Ashish Bhalla, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Dr SS Sodhi, Senior Cardiologist, President, IMA, Mohali; Dr TP Singh, Senior Cardiologist, Max Hospital, Mohali; Dr Sreenivas Reddy, Professor and Head, Dept. of Cardiology, GMCH-32; and Dr. Om Prakash Bera, Country Coordinator, GHAI joined the key consultation.
Highlighting the prevalence of hypertension in the state of Punjab, Dr Sandeep Gill highlighted that over 20% people in Punjab are diabetic while 50-60% people are having hypertension. He further informed that the Govt of Punjab has been screening people with various NCDs in the state. “The Asha workers and Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery (ANMs) have also been sensitizing people on different risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs),” he added.
Speaking on management of risk factors of various CVDs, Dr Amarjeet Singh said that the family plays tremendous role when it comes to manage various diseases. Family members should always encourage each other to have regular blood pressure check-up, diabetes check and full-body check-up for that matter.
Enlisting the various risk for CVDs, Dr Ashish Bhalla, Professor, Dept of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh said, “Genetic factors, obesity, high salt intake, consumption of trans-fats, alcohol, smoking and lack of physical activity could be the possible risk factors of CVDs”. He further stressed that a person could not modify genetic load; however, we could definitely modify our lifestyle in order to avoid the complications of CVDs.
“We are celebrating World Heart Day to generate awareness on cardiovascular complications. This year, our theme is “Use Heart to Beat Heart Diseases”, which was finalized after considering that fact that people need to use their heart in the right direction to keep them healthy,” said Dr Sonu Goel, Professor, Dept of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh. He further advised people to make adequate lifestyle changes in order to combat various NCDs.
Dr. SS Sodhi, Sr. Consultant and President, Indian Medical Association, Mohali spoke at length on Screening and Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Diseases, while Dr Sreenivas Reddy underscored that hypertension majorly affects kidney, heart and brain. Dr TP Singh, Senior Cardiologist, Max Hospital, briefed the participants on Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases, which mainly included lifestyle changes, stress management and low salt intake.
“Ensuring easy access to cardiovascular medicines at all public health centres is the simplest and most effective strategy to reverse the trend of cardiovascular curve in Punjab,” said Dr Om Prakash Bera.
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