“Happy Heart Carnival” @ Fortis Hospital, celebrate Word Heart Day

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  Mumbai 28^th Sep 2012:  September 29^th is celebrated all across as World Heart Day. To create awareness & take a pledge for keeping your Heart Healthy, Fortis Hospital today celebrates with unique program “Happy Heart Carnival”. More than 500 Sr. citizens, school & college going student, patient, doctor’s came together to take a pledge of healthy living. 1000 heart shape balloon released in air sending the message to world to keep your Heart Healthy.

Carnival conducted enter-tainment, info-tainment & Health-tainment. Free Health Checkup, Open air Aerobic Session with music, and Cookery contest for women on healthy diet as a part of Health-tainment . CPR training conducted to keep aware of last minute cardiac problem. Quiz session, Magician was part of entertainment.

Heart Diseases are becoming more prevalent among young Indian and greater awareness will help saving young lives. The changing life style in the form of rapid urbanization, sedentary life style along with the change in dietary patterns has lead to the emergence of increase heart disease in our population. Heart disease is prevalent among the people of age group 50 and above but surprisingly, there is expontial rise in the number of patients below 40 years of age. Heart diseases has taken an epidemic proportion, affecting all sections of society, rural and urban, rich and poor, old and young, It is the awareness, the recognition and the prevention is lacking. Best is “Know Your Risk! Lower your risk!” and have a heart for life Says Dr Hasmuk Ravat, Interventional Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital Mulund.

The changing life style has increased the conventional risk factors of heart disease like smoking, diabetes, lipid abnormalities, hypertension, obesity which in turn increases the incidences of heart attack. Besides these urbanization, job stress / stressful life style, poverty and in young – smoking, fast food, junk food contributes to early age of presentation Says Dr Rajiv Karnik, Cardiologist at Fortis Hospital

To get heart-healthy benefits you need to get your heart rate up and hence aerobic session  conducted to educate people with a structured exercise program, which can follow at home, at work & at play to increase the amount of physical activity in your life. Aerobic exercise done 30 minutes a day is excellent for increasing your heart rate. Climbing the stairs, a brisk walk, orbital exercise machine or walking a treadmill.

Dr S Narayani, Facility Director, Fortis Hospital Mulund Said “Health education, emphasis on the role of physical activity, diet, behavioral modification and timely screening of risk factors to be given up top priority in National program. To educate people about cardiovascular diseases, which is the biggest cause of deaths worldwide. Hence on World Heart Day we announce a Heart Check up program “Jaaniye Apne Dil ka Haal” with aim of preventive measure that reduce the risk of Cardiovascular Diseases”.

About Fortis Healthcare Limited:-

 Fortis Healthcare Limited is a leading, integrated healthcare delivery provider in the Pan Asia-Pacific region. The healthcare verticals of the company span diagnostics, primary care, day care speciality and hospitals, with an asset base in 10 countries, many of which represent the fastest-growing healthcare delivery markets in the world. Currently, the company operates its healthcare delivery network in Australia, Canada, Dubai, Hong Kong, India, Mauritius, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Vietnam with 75 hospitals, over 12,000 beds, over 600 primary care centres, 191 day care speciality centres, over 230 diagnostic centres and a talent pool of over 23,000 people. Fortis Healthcare is driven by the vision of becoming a global leader in the integrated healthcare delivery space and the larger purpose of saving and enriching lives through clinical excellence.

 

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