Saturday, October 26, 2013

Heart disease starts in young age

Inaugurating Medico Masti, an inter youth festival, held in the ongoing Perfect Health Mela being organized by Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India from 23rd to 27th October, 2013, noted Kathak dancer and Padma Bhushan Awardee Mrs. Uma Sharma said that to prevent heart disease in late 30s and early 40s, prevention has to start right at the adolescent age. It takes 10-20 years for heart disorders to manifest.

Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that heart attack cannot be given or accepted as gift as one has to work against the laws of the nature for 20 years to get heart diseases. Eating white rice, white maida and white sugar along with trans fats are the main culprits for development of heart diseases in future.

Dr. Aggarwal said that one should not gain weight after the age of 18 in males and 20 in females. A weight gain of 5kg is permissible in males but any weight beyond that is fat accumulation, which ultimately is dangerous to heart.



One should not consume more than 15 ml of oil, butter or ghee in a day.
Over 1000 youth participated in various events, which included fashion show, choreography, rock band competition etc.

Ryan School organized inter school competitions
Over 500 children participated in various inter school competitions.

Festival for children with special needs  organized
Anmol, festival for children with special needs was organized at the Mela. Over 200 children participated in various competitions like singing and diya decoration.

Following messages were released
  1. If BP & diabetes are kept under control, 75% dialysis and
    transplants can be prevented.
  2. Thirty percent of heart disease can be prevented by 2.5 hours of walking per week.
  3. If salt intake is reduced to less than 2.3 grams a day, there
    would be 1.1 crore fewer patients of high BP.
  4. If you want to commit suicide, then start smoking early and continue. You have 50% chance of success.
  5. More deaths if patients of heart attack and/or paralysis are admitted on weekends, holidays, early morning, night time or winter.
  6. Smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol together
    reduce lifespan by 10 years for 50-year-old men.
  7. Balance diet is a mix of all 6 tastes and 7 colors.
  8. Keep Hb> 12 in females and > 14 in males.
  9. When going for a fasting blood test, fasting means no food, water allowed for 8 hours.
  10. For rabies prevention in a case of dog bite, now only four
    injections are required and not five. (0, 3, 7 and 14th day)
  11. More women die of heart attack than breast cancer.
  12. For every additional drink regularly consumed per day, the
    incidence of breast cancer increased by 11 per 1000.
  13. Most heart attacks occur in the early hours of the day.
  14. If the heart pumping ejection fraction is less than 30%, one needs more investigations.
  15. All asthmatics do not wheeze and all wheeze is not asthma.
  16. Most CAD patients do not die of kidney disease but by heart disease.
  17. Obesity is a bigger risk factor than high blood pressure for the enlargement of left atrium and atrial fibrillation risk.
  18. Do not give aspirin and other NSAID in dengue fever.
  19. Chloroquine has anti-viral properties.
  20. Rectal temperature is more reliable for hypo- and hyperthermia.
  21. Pulse will rise by 1 for every one degree rise of temperature.
  22. Sense danger if there is high fever with no sweating.
  23. Sense danger if a patient has hypothermia and no sweating.
  24. If ESR more than 100, look for TB, pus collection, cancer or thyroiditis.
  25. Fever responding to indomethacin, look for Hodgkin’s disease.
  26. Nasal discharge and cough rules out rheumatic sore throat.
  27. No fever, no flu.
  28. No cough, no flu.
  29. Fever with rash with lymph nodes behind ear unless proved otherwise is rubella
  30. Fever less than 100.4 means no infection.

About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National Commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 67390 people since 1st November 2012.

The CPR 10 Mantra is – “Within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.”  

Friday, October 25, 2013

Over 2000 Nurses in Perfect Health Mela

Inaugurating Divya Jyoti, an inter nursing school festival, held in the Perfect Health Mela being organized by Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India from 23rd to 27th  October, 2013, Dr. S S Agarwal Former Director DIPSAR and Mr Pawan Sinha, Astro Uncle, said that every practicing doctor must hire the services of a nurse practitioner in his clinic who can not only provide nursing care but also counsel the patients for prevention of lifestyle disorders.

It should also be the responsibility of the nurse to provide full vaccination care including adolescents, adults and elderly.

Nurse should also be attached through the clinic to patients at their homes to enquire about their health, about their appointment and vaccination schedules.

Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that 90% of patient-doctor mishaps are linked to lack of communication between the patient and the doctor and this link can be filled by the nurse practitioner.

In the West, another important role is played by the pharmacists whose job is to explain everything about prescription drugs. Unfortunately, in India pharmacists do not visit the patients even in the hospitals. Till that concept arrives in India, nurses partially can play that role to explain how to take drugs.

 Over 2000 nurses participated in the event, which included debates, play, slogan writing and model competition.

 Medical treatment will become costly
 The recent Supreme Court decision to award a compensation of 5.6 crore (one million dollars) in a medical negligence case is premature for the India society. It will only lead to corporate sector increasing treatment costs exorbitantly and the same may become beyond the reach of a common man.

 Following are the possible implications said Dr. Aggarwal
1.  The treatment is already costly at corporate hospitals and it will become further costly.
2.  Nothing has been done by the Supreme Court to eradicate quackery so far, which is responsible for spoiling most cases at the initial stages.
3.  More and more complaints will be lodged in consumer forums and medical councils with a hope of getting a huge compensation.
4.  Every death will be viewed with a suspicion of medical negligence.
5.   The insurance companies in all likely will increase their premium.
6.  No family physician will afford to charge consultations in hundreds. 
7.  The judgment will also affect Homoeopaths and Ayurveda Physicians.
8.  Today CGHS pays Rs. 61 for consultation. Most doctors will refuse to take such cases. Similarly, they may refuse to see patients of corporate sectors, which pay less fees.
9.  Many hospitals may start signing a no litigation contract with patients for providing subsidized services.
10.  In the current Supreme Court Judgment, the doctors were let off with minimal compensation but that does not protect them in other future cases.

Prohibition Department creates awareness about hazards of drinking
 Commenting on the subject, Dr. Aggarwal said that smoking when added to alcohol is more harmful.

 Alcohol is harmful if it is consumed by patients with fatty liver, potbelly obesity, uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled blood pressure, damage to the heart muscles with low pumping action and high triglycerides levels.

 Even though the western literature says that moderate use of alcohol reduces chances of future heart attack, the same has not been proven by Indian studies. 

 Following messages were released
1.       Formula of 3: For cough of more than 3 weeks duration, get 3
sputum examinations done.

2.       Significantly reduction of salt intake lowers systolic upper blood pressure by 7.4 mm Hg.
3.       Salt reduction lowers diastolic lower blood pressure of 3.03 mm Hg.
4.       Snoring is common with collar size of more than 43 cm in men and more than 40 cm in women.
5.       Snoring is associated with sudden death.
6.       Watching TV more than 4 hours a day increases the chances of heart attack by 2 times.
7.       In people whose blood pressure is not getting controlled, look for snoring.
8.       Quitting smoking means you have not smoked continuously for three years.
9.       After quitting smoking, the risk of lung cancer gradually falls for
15 years before it levels off and remains about twice that of someone who has never smoked.

10.  SGOT/SGPT of more than 2 suggests alcoholic liver disease.
11.  SGOT can be more than SGPT and NASH, Hepatitis B, dengue fever, acute muscle injury, H1N2 and Wilson disease
12.  Two fold rise of Gamma GT with SGOT and SGPT ratio of more than 2, unless proved otherwise, is alcoholic liver disease.

Winter months - time to get the flu shot
A study published in Journal of Medical Association has shown that getting the flu vaccination lowers a person’s chances of getting heart attack, paralysis, heart failure or sudden cardiac death by 33% for the next 1 year.

Results of Heritage-Kathak Inter Dancing School Health Festival were announced
 Kathak Jr Solo
1st Prize - Sana Dhawan (Pandit Pulkit Mishra School)
2nd Prize – Gaurangi Mittal (Sadhna the School of Arts)
 Kathak Sr Solo
1st Sushmita Kanjilal (Laxmibai College)
 Kathak Jr Group
1st Rukmani Devi Kala Kendra
2nd Pandit Pulkit Mishra Group
 Kathak Sr Group
1st Pandit Pulkit Mishra Group

 About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National Commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 65021 people since 1st November 2012.


The CPR 10 Mantra is – “Within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.”  

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thousands participate in inter school health festival at health Mela

Inaugurating Ecofest, an inter school health festival, held at Perfect Health Mela, Mr. B P Singh Head NCSTC and Mr A P Singh ZM LIC, said that one should not play with both internal and external environment. The Mela is being organized by Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India

As is the microcosm so is the macrocosm is a saying from the Upanishads, which means that environment affects the body and the collective consciousness of the people affects the environment. The recurrent cyclones in the ocean also reflect the negative state of mind in the collective consciousness of the people.

Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India said that Diwali is a festival when there is Amavasya outside and Purnima inside i.e. after purification of mind, body and soul, a process done during Navratra and Dussehra ends up in purification of heart on Diwali Amavasya day and with resultant inner happiness represented by inner Purnima.

Burning of crackers is not only harmful for the lungs through air pollution but also to the heart through noise pollution.

Children were also told to avoid sweets, which contain 30% sugar and also trans fats as they can spoil the biochemistry of sugar and cholesterol metabolism in the body and ultimately lead to heart diseases.

Prizes were given to the winners of the Harmony Inter School Festival (Inter School/Competitions)
Bharatnatyam Jr Solo
1st Gopika U (Creative Rhythm)
2nd Mitra Suresh (Creative Rhythm)
3rd Akshara S Nair (Creative Rhythm)
Bharatnatyam Sr Solo
1st B Somya (Nritya Bharti)
2nd Tanisqa Chauhan (Kala Samriddhi)
3rd Shirin Kaul (Sadhna – The School of Arts)

Do not ignore stroke
In a panel discussion organised at the Mela, Dr. Vipul Gupta from Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon and Dr Vinay Goyal from AIIMS both noted neurologists and Dr K K Aggarwal in a joint statement said that paralysis can be cured if the patient can reach the hospital in less than four and a half hours.
 Homoeopaths and Ayurveda Doctors should learn basics of cardiac investigations
All doctors from other recognized pathies should update their knowledge in modern investigations, said Dr Sameer Shrivastava from Escorts Heart Institute.

Do not ignore early morning chest pain
Dr. Vivek Kumar from Max Health Care said that heart attacks are most common in early hours of the day.

Dengue stall attracts crowd
MCD and NDMC are displaying live mosquitoes as well as big models of mosquitoes at the Mela venue. A large number of dengue patients are also coming for consultation from all pathies. Dengue mosquito can easily be distinguished from other mosquitoes because of the presence of stripes on its body.

 Thousands learn at Food Adulteration stall of DST
Department of Science & Technology is creating awareness about prevention of food adulteration. Commenting on the same, Dr. Aggarwal said that excessive use of permissible colours can be hazardous to health.
Transport Department creating awareness on safe driving
People with uncontrolled diabetes, sugar and angina should not drive without medical clearance. The requirements for commercial driving are different from non-commercial driving. No doctor should give a certificate of medical fitness to a driver unless he has examined the patient himself. Giving wrong certificate may be professional misconduct and can lead to erasure of name from the medical register.
 Following health messages were released
 1.    Twenty or more diseases can be transmitted via blood which can be
potentially fatal.
2.    The amount of blood required for transmission for Hepatitis B
virus is only 0.00004 ml.
3.    High blood pressure is responsible for 67% of heart attacks, 77% of paralytic attacks, 74% of heart failure cases and 26% of kidney diseases.
4.    High blood pressure causes more visits to doctor than any other condition.
5.    High blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes are silent killers.
6.    A 5 mm reduction in upper blood pressure reading and 2 mm reduction in lower blood pressure reading of the community can reduce the incidence of heart attack, paralysis and heart failure by up to 40%.
7.    Ayurveda totally prohibits taking salt with the milk.
8.    As per Charak Samhita, too much of pippalli, alkali and salt are bad for the health.
9.    3D Echo ejection fraction is much more reliable and reproducible
than 2D Echo based ejection fraction.
10.       Diabetes is considered as coronary heart disease equivalent and one in five patients in diabetes will have abnormal exercise test.


Wednesday, October 23, 2013

20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela Inaugurated

Inaugurating the 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela, Mr. AK Garg Chairman & Managing Director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., said that proper communication is the key between any patient-doctor relationship. Right communication by the right people at the right time can save many lives. Today, with the help of Social Media, Apps, it is possible to treat emergencies and take final opinions from people even if they are remotely located.

Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that it is possible to revive a person even after death within 10 minutes. As doctors may not be able to reach the patient within 10 minutes, it is the duty of the public to learn CPR 10. In Delhi alone, 30 lives can be saved every day if CPR 10 is learnt by everybody.

Mr. Anil Kumar Ganeriwala, Joint Secretary, AYUSH, Government of India and Dr BP Singh, Head NCSTC DST said that Perfect Health Mela is the perfect place where all pathies can sit together and answer queries of the people. He said that all systems of medicines have their own ‘plus’ points and should be respected.

Mr. Jalaj Srivastava, Chairman NDMC said that every child and woman should learn how to identify adulteration in food at home so that they do not eat adulterated food, which can be harmful to the health in long run.

In a joint statement, Mr. B Mondol, GM, North Central Bank of India and Mr. AK Singh, ZM (North) LIC said that financial health is an essential component of health. Everybody should plan for his or her old age. Today it is possible to get yourself insured and yet get insured for diseases and also cover your old age treatment under the reverse mortgage scheme.
The Mela is organized by Heart Care Foundation of India with the help of many government and non-government departments.

The attraction of the Mela today was Harmony, the inter-school Health Festival, which was attended by over 2000 children from various schools.

In a joint statement, Shri Ashok Chakradhar, noted Kavi and Nalini Kamalini, Kathak dancers said that pranayam, relaxation or meditation are good for health. They further said that classical dance is better than western dance in attaining good health.

In a joint statement, Mrs Rashmi Singh, Executive Director, Rashtriya Mahila Kosh, Women and Child Development, Govt. of India; Mr Rajiv Kale, Director, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Delhi; Mr. SC Vats Department of Prohibition and Dr. Anil Kumar, Department of Environment said that excess of alcohol is bad for health. Consuming more than six pegs in one day and more than five pegs in one hour can cause sudden death.  
Ms. Uma Sharma, Padma Bhushan and noted Kathak dancer in her message said that doing 20 minutes of classical dance a day can keep one’s heart healthy. Mr. Deepak Jolly, Vice President, Coca Cola India Ltd. said that fluid resuscitation is the answer in dengue and not platelet resuscitation.

In a joint statement, Ms Meenakshi Dutt, noted makeup artist and Ms Roshni Thakur, noted Poetess said that singing as well as listening to songs can be health-friendly.

 Following health messages were released during the inauguration:
1.      While treating dengue fever, PCV (packed cell volume) is more important than platelet count and it should not be allowed to rise above 50.
2.      Pot belly obesity is more dangerous than general obesity and is linked to heart attack, paralysis and diabetes.
3.      Noise pollution of more than 80 db can be harmful not only to the ears but also to the heart.
4.      Drinking more than 5 pegs of whiskey in an hour and 6 pegs in a day can be fatal.
5.      Black tea and black coffee are good for health provided no milk or sugar is added.
6.      One should not ignore first attack of acidity after the age of 40 as it may be a sign of heart attack.
7.      One should not ignore first attack of asthma after the age of 40 as it may be a sign of heart attack.
8.      Never ignore a symptom which is unusual, unexplained or occurring for the first time in life.
9.      For food hygiene, follow the principle of heat it, boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it.
10.  Keep your blood pressure lower than 120/80.

 All-pathy Consensus on cardiology organized
At the Mela venue, an All-pathy consensus on cardiology was organized and the experts included Dr KK Aggarwal (Allopathy), Dr BN Sinha (Ayurveda), Dr Uzma Bano (Unani), Dr Neeraj Gupta (Homoeopathy) and Dr SN Yadav (Naturopathy).
The experts resolved that lifestyle consensus cannot be a domain of any particular pathy. All pathies should talk about a common lifestyle so that the patients do not get confused. The experts also resolved that lifestyle modifications should be such that they not only prevent heart diseases but also diabetes, blood pressure, depression and cancer.

About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National Commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 63425 people since 1st November 2012.

The CPR 10 Mantra is – “Within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.”  

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Karwa Chauth celebrated with a difference

A special Karwa Chauth ceremony was observed as a part of 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela Celebrations and was dedicated to prevention of HIV/AIDS prevention.  The theme of the event was “Be Faithful to Your Partner”.  

An HIV/AIDS prevention message was also released on the occasion depicting the ABC of HIV/AIDS prevention, where A stands for abstinence or no to pre-marriage sex; B stands for Be faithful to your partner and C stands for if not then consistent and correct use of condoms. 
A special movie show was organized for married women at Savitri Cinema, Greater Kailash – II and was interjected with HIV/AIDS message.  

Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and MTNL Perfect Health Mela said that in the forthcoming 20thMTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India from 23rd to 27th October, 2013 at Constitution Club of India, there will be a special workshops and awareness programmes on HIV/AIDS prevention. 

20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela opens tomorrow at 8 a.m.  
The 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela is being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi from 23rd to 27th October, 2013 in association with Departments of Central and Delhi Government, Central Bank of India, LIC, Coca Cola, GAIL and various hospitals and NGOs.  
50 hours of community service in terms of free education, entertainment, checkups, infotainment and competitions.  
Free checkups will be available round the clock from all pathies. The Mela will be a unique event to create health awareness about all aspects of health for people from all walks of life incorporating all pathies under one roof. 
The Mela will also be a perfect picnic spot for a family to have health, education through infotainment.

 Points
·        The Mela will provide budding artists a platform to test their talent.
·        Healthy competitions held at the Mela bring the best out of participating children, nurses and doctors.
·        Perfect Health Mela is the right spot to know how to lead a healthy life up to the age of 100.
·        Combination of weight, training and aerobics exercise is the best prescription for the overweight patients at risk for diabetes and heart disease. Aerobics exercise alone is also good as it reduces weight and inches off the waist line. Weight lifting alone has little benefit.

Specialist OPDs at 20th 


MTNL Perfect Health Mela
In the forthcoming 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi from 23rd to 27th October, 2013, the Foundation will organize specialist OPDs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Dr Aggarwal said that specialists from all pathies and from fields like Cardiology, Medicine, Child Care, Bone Care, Skin, Neurology, Kidney, Liver, etc. will be available for free on the spot consultations.

Anmol, a festival for children with special needs at 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela
Anmol, a festival for children with special needs will be organized on Saturday, 26th October at the 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela.
The Mela is being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi from 23rd to 27th October, 2013. 
Children with special needs may have disability in one aspect of life but they may excel in other parameters, said Dr Aggarwal.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Health Mela is the best low-cost health awareness module

21st October 2013: New Delhi India: The health Mela concept is one of the most field-tested and successful low-cost modules for creating health awareness in the country.  The concept was started by Heart Care Foundation of India in 1993 and the Government of India earmarked the occasion by issuing a national commemorative postal stamp.  Later, the concept was adopted by the Ministry of Health, Government of India under Swasthya Mela Scheme.

Addressing a press conference, Padma Shri and Dr. B C Roy National Awardee, Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that Health Mela concept is nothing but passing on credible health information to the people who are gathered by attracting them using traditional folk or modern infotainment modules.

The press conference was organized to earmark the 0th MTNL Perfect Health Mela to open on 23rd October.

The Mela is being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi from 23rd to 27th October, 2013 in association with the Departments of Central and Delhi Government, Central Bank of India, LIC, Coca Cola, GAIL and various hospitals and NGOs.  

The press was co-addressed by Mr. Ashok Chakradhar, noted Poet and Dr. Praveen Chandra, Chairman, Interventional Cardiology at Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon.

The experts said that today when Delhi alone has over 65 national news channels and newspapers, there is always a shortage of medical experts available for quotes.
 
Any wrong information from the mouth of a health expert can create panic in the society.  Giving examples the experts said that Swine Flu panic ended up with increased number of patients with rheumatic fever and dengue epidemic panic has ended up with unnecessary platelet transfusion.

The expert said that time has come for the health information to be regulated by the councils.  

Dr. Aggarwal said that under Section 7.11 of Code of Medical Ethics by Medical Council of India,  a doctor should not contribute to the lay press articles and give interviews regarding diseases and treatments which may have the effect of advertising himself or soliciting practices; but is open to write to the lay press under his own name on matters of public health, hygienic living or to deliver public lectures, give talks on the radio/TV/internet chat for the same purpose and send announcement of the same to lay press.
Therefore, any exaggeration of a disease or creating panic in the society, soliciting patients amounts to professional misconduct.

The experts talked about the following principles of communication:
1.   The health information should be fact-based, field tested and should not create any panic or fear in the society.
2.   The principles of hit the iron when it is hot and involving the people who counts should be adhered to.
3.   While giving a health statement, the doctor should also quote credible source of information.
4.   As of today, the credible sources of studies are Meta-Analysis, Randomized controlled studies and Reviews published in credible journals.  Individual case reports or non-randomized controls may not be accepted as the recommendations.
5.   Any claim of cure should be accepted with a pinch of salt.
6.   The Medical Council of India does not allow doctors to endorse any drug or product publicly. The council expects that any study conducted by a doctor on the efficacy or otherwise of a product shall be first presented to and/or through appropriate scientific bodies or published in a proper scientific journal in a proper way. 
7.   Health information should be evidence-based medicine. 

About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National Commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 63425 people since 1st November 2012.
 
The CPR 10 Mantra is – “Within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.”


Saturday, October 19, 2013

The spirit behind Indian rituals was to stay healthy.

New Delhi: 19th October, 2013:  Conducting a workshop at FICCI Padma Shri and Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and MTNL Perfect Health Mela said that all rituals and festivals of India were so designed by our Rishi Munies to stay physical and mentally healthy. 

The workshop was organized by Mrs Malvika Rai, President, FICCI Ladies Organization and was attended by over 100 women entrepreneurs from the NCR. 

Dr. Aggarwal said that in the ancient Indian era, there was no introduction of various medical pathies. The only way for disease prevention was through the directions of Rishi Munies and these directions were converted into rituals and festivals which carried prevention formula. 

Giving an example Dr. Aggarwal said that doing a Santoshi Mata vrata by women during their fertility period probably was made to prevent them from getting iron deficiency anemia and protein mal nutrition as compulsory eating of Jaggery  which contains iron and Chana which contains protein ensure that these deficiencies does not occur. 

The ritual of taking a sun bath in the month of Magh, Vaishakh and Kartik was to prevent from Vitamin D deficiency. 

In ancient time nobody suffered from diabetes, blood pressure, heart attack or pot belly obesity. Rishi Muni knew that only way to prevent insulin residence was to miss eating carbohydrate base cereals once in a week and the same was terms as weekly fast.
The Rishi Muni knew that in the month Chaturmas there are more negativity in the mind therefore they created most of the festivals during this period to clean he mind, intellect and ego of the person.

Dr. Aggarwal said that the principles of cognitive behavior therapy of Allopathy originated from Bhagavad Gita and narration exposure therapy of a mourning period originated from the Chautha, Tervi and Bethak rituals after death. 

Every six months cleaning the mind, body, soul by observing nine days of fast during Navratri and removing the negativity from mind of others by observing holastac before holi was probably scientific in nature.

Dr. Aggarwal said chanting of vowels produces interleukin 2 which is 200 times more stronger than aspirin and chanting of nasal consonant produces tranquilizers therefore changing of OM is the best spiritual prescription as it secrets both pain killers and tranquilizers.

About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National Commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 63425 people since 1st November 2012.


The CPR 10 Mantra is – “Within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.”