20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela Inaugurated

Inaugurating the 20^th 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.”  

Karwa Chauth celebrated with a difference

A special Karwa Chauth ceremony was observed as a part of 20^th 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 20^thMTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India from 23^rd to 27^th October, 2013 at Constitution Club of India, there will be a special workshops and awareness programmes on HIV/AIDS prevention. 

20^th MTNL Perfect Health Mela opens tomorrow at 8 a.m.  
The 20^th MTNL Perfect Health Mela is being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi from 23^rd to 27^th 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 20^th 


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

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.”

The spirit behind Indian rituals was to stay healthy.

New Delhi: 19^th 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 1^st 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.” 

First BP should be checked at age three

 As per American Academy of Pediatrics of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program 2004 all high risk children aged 3 years or older should have their blood pressure measured at least once at every health acre visit.

As the childhood obesity rate has increased, so has the prevalence of high blood pressure in children and teenagers, said Padma Shri and Dr. B C Roy national Awardee Dr. K K Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India.

The prevalence of hypertension among US children and adolescents ranges from 1% to 5%. The prevalence of hypertension among obese children is 11%.

Dr. Aggarwal further added that in the forthcoming 20^th MTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized from 23^rdto 27^th October, 2013 at Constitution Club of India, there will be special provision for consultations available to the obese children by doctors from all pathies.

Facts about obesity in children

1.     Natural fast food is good for the health

2.     Examples of fast food are milk, dry fruits and fruits,

3.     Artificial fast food or junk food is bad for the health

4.     Junk food contains refined bad fats and transfats

5.     Trans fats reduces the amount of good cholesterol and raised the levels of bad cholesterol in the body

6.     Soft drinks if taken more than one drink a day are harmful to the health

7.     Sweets contain more than 30% sugar and are harmful to the body

8.     One should avoid white sugar, white maida and white rice

9.     Jaggery is better than sugar

10.     All girls should eat jiggery and white gram once a week

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.” 

MTNL Perfect Health Mela to have special arrangements for NOIDA residents

 MTNL Perfect Health Mela is being organized by Heart Care Foundation of India from 23 to 27^th October, 2013 at Constitution Club of India and will have special facilities for people from NCR and Noida.

Addressing the press conference Padma Shri and Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that the Mela will be a perfect health picnic spot for public at large as public can get aware on all aspects of health, get their health check-up done, participate in competitions and simultaneously entertain themselves through various infotainment modules.  

The Mela is being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India in association with various Departments of Central Government and the Government of NCT of Delhi, LIC, Central Bank of India, Coca Cola, various hospitals, NGOs and PSUs.

There will be a round the clock workshops on various subject which include disaster management, family health, women health, communication skills, leadership qualities, etc.  There will also be special educational programmes on how to cook healthy food, how to find adulteration of food at home, decoding the myths behind magic and miracles, safe sanitation and all about prevention of lifestyle disorder. 

Co-addressing the press conference Mr. Sandeep Marwaha, CMD, Marwaha Studio said that individuals with higher levels of recreational physical activity carry a lower risk of developing high blood pressure over the long term.  Mr. Marwaha said that people from all sections of the society should walk, walk and walk.  He further added that walking should not be just for the purpose of walking but it should be in the form of recreational exercise. 

Following health messages were released:
1. Smoking is a disease and needs treatment under medical guidance.
2. Obesity is a disease and cannot be self-treated.
3. Any weight gain of more than 5 kg after the age of 18 in women and 20 in men is overweight or obesity.
4. Vegetables grown as creepers are natural diuretics.  They can increase urine formation and secretion.  
5. Any vegetable food item which is bitter and green reduces weight and lowers blood sugar.  
6. The combination of white rice, white meda and white sugar are harmful to the body.
7. Dark chocolate, black coffee and black tea is good for health provided that milk and sugar are not added in them.
8. Any eatables which has ore than 10% of sugar is harmful to the body and should be taken in limited quantity.
9. If God wanted us to eat mangoes in winter, he would not have grown mangoes in summer.
10. If God wanted us to consume coconut everyday in non-costal areas, he would have grown them in costal areas.
11. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
12. . Never ignore early morning chest pain as heart attacks are more common in morning time.
 13. Remember a person can be revived within ten minutes of death

Perfect Health Mela to have special arrangements for Haryana Residents

Heart Care Foundation of India is organising the 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela from October 23 to 27, 2013 at Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. The Mela will be a mix of exhibitions, competitions, infotainment and workshops under one roof incorporating all pathies and for people from all walks of life.

The Marwadi Yuva Manch will be organising a special campaign for people with special needs at the Mela and will provide free Baisakhis (crutches). The campaign will be held during 23rd to 27th October, 2013 at the Mela venue.

On 26th October, Saturday, a special festival ‘Anmol’ for children with special needs will be held from 8 am to 12 noon. A workshop on Family health and climate change will be organised on 25^th October, 2013 for women.

Addressing a press conference here, Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that there will be special provisions for people from Haryana at the Mela venue. He said that Mela will be a perfect picnic spot for people and yet an opportunity to learn health sutras.

Co-addressing the press conference, Mr. Kamal Agiwal, Mr. Pawan Gupta and Mr.Sanjiv Marwadi Yuva Manch said that Faridabad schools with children with special needs will also be participating in the event.

The Mela will be open to general public from 23rd to 27th October, 2013 with no entry fee. Following health sutras were released in the press conference:

1.    Formula of 80: To live > 80 years without lifestyle diseases, keep your abdominal circumference, lower blood pressure, LDL (bad) cholesterol, pulse rate and fasting sugar all below 80. Walk 80 minutes per day with a speed of 80 steps per minute. Do not smoke to avoid paying a hospital bill of Rs. 80 thousand. Do not drink, if you drink, do not drink more than 80 ml a day or 80 gm a week.

2.    Formula of 10 (CPR-10): To revive a dead person after sudden cardiac arrest, within 10 minutes of  cardiac arrest (earlier the better) for the next 'at least' 10 minutes compress the center of the chest, continuously and effectively, with a speed of 10 x 10 (100) per minute.

3.    To prevent vitamin D deficiency, expose 40% of your body to the sunlight for  40 minutes 40 days a year.

4.    Foods of plant in origin contain no cholesterol.

5.    Non-permissible colours in sweets can harm the body.

6.    Vegetables and fruits which are cheapest in the morning time are locally
      grown and season and are health friendly.

7.    Avoid white sugar, white maida and white rice.

8.    Avoid eating extra salt in diet.

9.    Hepatitis B vaccination prevents liver cancer.

10. Even adults need vaccination like hepatitis B, typhoid, pneumonia and flu.

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 1^st 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.”