Dr Ashok Walia,
Minister of Health Government of Delhi, in his message to the 4th Dil ka Darbar
said that telecardiology should now become a part of the facilities in every
hospital.
The Darbar was
organized by Heart Care Foundation of India in association with Department of
AYUSH and various Departments under Health Ministry, Government of Delhi on
Sunday at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi.
Messages were also
received from many dignitaries.
Shri M. Veerapa
Moily, Union Minister of Law said that non-governmental organizations should
play an important role in healthcare of poor patients who are unable to meet
hospital bills and consultation fees.
Shri Beni Prasad
Verma, Union Minister of Steel, expressed confidence that this endeavor of the
Foundation would provide a platform to thousand of heart patients to avail
facilities like free checkups, etc.
Shri Bhoopinder
Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana, said that priority of the government
should be to provide free medicines to those people who cannot afford them.
Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Gujarat said that changing lifestyle,
stressful event and competitive environment are responsible for most heart
diseases. Shri Lal Thanhawla, Chief Minister of Mizoram said that the time has
come for the medical fraternity to educate general masses about healthy living.
Shri Akhilesh
Yadav, Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh, said that the efforts of the Foundation to
provide facilities of free check-ups to the heart patients and interaction with
top cardiologists during the programme are highly commendable.
The Chief Minister
of Kerala, Mr. Oommen Chandy said that in our country where cases of heart
ailments are on the rise, the activities of Heart Care Foundation of India are
truly inspiring.
Shri Raj Kumar
Chauhan, Minister of PWD, said that NGOs should come forward to organize free
health checkup camps for the public. Prof. Kiran Walia, Minister of Social
Welfare, Government of Delhi said that telecardiology consultations should also
be used for free health checkup camps.
Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely, Minister of Education, Government of Delhi,
said that heart awareness should be the priority of every individual.
Inaugurating the
Darbar, Shri B Mandal, General Manager, Central Bank of India said that one
should follow the laws of nature to prevent cardiac diseases. He said that wild
animals do not get heart attack.
Presiding over the
function, Shri AK Ganeriwala, IAS, Joint Secretary, AYUSH, said that the death
prevention heart care is when you combine allopathy with other systems of
medicines.
Padma Shri &
Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care
Foundation of India, who is also the Vice President-Elect of National Indian
Medical Association, said that everyone after the age of 30 should get their
risk of getting heart attack in the next 10 years evaluated and take
precautions if the risk is more than 10%. He also demonstrated and conducted a
workshop on “How to revive a dead patient.” He said that within 10 minutes of
death, it is possible to revive a dead person’s heart by following the formula
of 10 i.e. within 10 minutes of death, for the next 10 minutes, one should
compress the chest of the deceased person 100 times (10 x 10).
Guest of Honour,
noted singer and composer Ms Shibani Kashyap, said that music is good for
recovery of the heart patients. Chanting various sounds is similar to doing
meditation.
Dr Ishwar VB Reddy,
Director, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Dr Ramesh Babu Devalla, DG
CHRS, Dr Surender Verma, DG, Dept. of Homeopathy in a joint statement said that
blockages in the heart is lifestyle disorder and can be prevented utilizing all
systems of medicines.
Dr PK Sharma, MOH
NDMC and Dr NK Yadav, Director Health MCD
South in a joint
statement said that one should not consume trans fats in diet and reduce amount
of salt intake to prevent future heart diseases.
Shri Satish
Upadhyay, Chairman, Standing Committee on Education, MCD South said that
prevention of heart diseases should start right in school age.
Dr NV Kamath, DHS,
Shri PK Jaggi, Head of Office Drug Controller Department of Government of Delhi
said that one should believe in natural pharmacy and take medicines only when
they are required. Others who were present were Hakim Javed-ul-Haq Director
General Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Dr RK
Manchanda, Director General, CCRH, Dr Surender Verma Dy. Director Dept.of ISM
& Homeopathy, Dr PK Sharma Medical Officer Health NDMC, Dr NK Yadav
Director (Health) MCD South, Director ISM & H, Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Dr
NV Kamat Director Health Services.
Eminent faculty on
the dais included : Dr RK Manchanda, Dr PK Sharma, Dr Rajesh Malhotra, Dr NK
Bhatia, Dr. SV Tripathi, Dr HK Chopra, Dr Manju Gupta, Dr Anupam, Dr Praveen
Chandra, Dr Subhash Manchanda, Dr Sameer Srivastava, Dr Yugal Mishra, Dr
Praveen Bhatia, Dr Sujay Shad, Dr Neelam Mohan, Dr Ajit Saxena, Dr Saurabh
Juneja, Dr BN Sinha, Dr RK Tuli, Dr ZS Mehrwal, Dr JC Katoch, Dr Ishwar V
Basava Reddy and Dr Ramesh Babu Devalla.
Over 2000 heart
patients were given consultations and checkups.