The 19th MTNL Perfect
Health Mela is being organised by Heart Care Foundation of India jointly with
Department of Health, Delhi Government from 7th to 11th November, 2012 at
Constitution Club of India. A week before the event, various activities will be
organised at multiple locations.
Addressing a press conference, Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal,
President Heart Care Foundation of India and Mr Sandeep Marwah, Director of
Asian Academy of Film & Television, said that focus of the Mela this year
will be “Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases” and “Revival of Heart After
Death.”
The Mela will provide a unique opportunity for people from all walks of life to
get preventive awareness about the non-communicable diseases incorporating all
pathies and by using the medium of exhibition, checkups, competitions,
workshops under one roof.
Over 10,000 members of the public will be certified in compression only CPR.
Two hundred special dummies will be located at the Mela venue. Life is
reversible in the first 10 minutes of death through the compression only CPR
module. The mantra is within 10 minutes of the death for the next 10 minutes,
compress effectively and continuously the centre of the chest of the deceased
with a speed of 100 per minute (10x10). The entry to the Mela is free. General
public can also avail training at the Mela venue.
Special arrangements are being made and special counters are being made for the
residents of Noida and Ghaziabad.
For the first time to promote health campaign advertising, two competitions
will also be held in association with Asian Academy of Film and TV for the best
30 seconds health campaign. The themes are “Death is Reversible in the First 10
Minutes” and “Health Myths in Bollywood Movies”.
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