HCFI to create health awareness
during the upcoming festive season through their annual flagship event – the
MTNL Perfect Health Mela
Delhites
will get their health dose the fun way by participating in various cultural
events and health activities, which will be hosted during the five-day
celebrations
Prevention of illnesses such as swine
flu, dengue and encephalitis to be focus
New Delhi, August 31,
2017: Heart
Care Foundation of India (HCFI), a leading national non-profit organization
committed to making India a
healthier and disease-free nation is all set to open the doors to its annual
flagship event – the MTNL Perfect Health Mela. The Mela will be organized from October
4-8, 2017 at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi jointly with
the Health and Family Welfare Dept. NCT Delhi, MTNL, NDMC, and other central
and Delhi State Government Departments. The Indian Medical Association will be
the knowledge partner for the event.
A confluence of tradition and
modernity, the main aim of the Perfect Health Mela is to create mass awareness
about all aspects of health; using a consumer-driven model as the medium. In
it’s 24th edition, the event will focus on the concept of Digital
Health. The event will also aim at raising mass level
preventive health awareness about diseases such as swine flu, dengue and
encephalitis.Some of its key activities will include health check up camps,
entertainment programs, lifestyle exhibitions, workshops, and competitions.
Addressing a press conference, Padma
Shri Awardee Dr. KK Aggarwal, President HCFI &National President IMA said,“Our
main motive behind organizing the MTNL Perfect Health Mela is to educate people
about numerous easy ways by which they can prevent themselves from contracting
common lifestyle and environmental diseases using entertainment as a medium. We
live in the digital age and must recognize the importance of using digital
mediums to spread mass level health awareness. This year we will conduct daily
live webcasts; Facebook Live sessions aimed at communicating health messages
nationally and offer telemedicine facilities at the Perfect Health Mela. We
thank all our partners for supporting us for 25 years now.”
Dr RN Tandon – Honorary
Secretary General IMA said, “The IMA wholeheartedly supports any initiative that lays
emphasis on the betterment of society’s health and creates awareness on health
issues. The Perfect Health Mela is one such event organized every year and the
IMA is proud to be the knowledge partner for this event.”
Adding
further, Mr A K Sareen, Deputy General Manager Marketing MTNL Corporate
Office, said, “I congratulate Heart Care Foundation of India for keeping up
the healthy legacy.With India going the digital way, the theme for the Perfect
Health Mela is very relevant. This event approaches society as a whole and this
is what makes it such a huge success We are happy to be the title sponsor of
this event and urge everyone to come visit and participate in its activities..”
Dr R N Singh CMO, NDMC said.“We wholeheartedly support Heart Care Foundation of India’s
out-of-the-box initiative to reinstate the value of preventive health measures.
We encourage everyone to come and attend the event for all the health related
queries solved in an easy way. The Perfect Health Mela
is in line with our aim of making India a healthy and a disease-free
country”.
For more information about the event, please visit www.perfecthealthmela.com. Entry to the Mela is
free for all.
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