Organises free health check-up camp for cardiac and neuro patients
Nayati multi Super Specialty Hospital, Mathura recently celebrated World Hypertension Day with an objective to create awareness and engage with the community to educate them on early detection and prevention of hypertension. The theme for World Hypertension Day 2016 was ‘Know your numbers.’
Nayati Hospital, to mark World Hypertension Day, organised a free health checkup camp in Mathura for cardiac and neuro patients. The checkup included free consultation by the cardiologists, haemoglobin, Random Blood Sugar (RBS) and blood urea nitrogen serum creatinine test and tests on TMT, echo and lipid profile.
Dr Sunil Kumar Gupta giving a lecture on the effects of hypertension
Dr Venugopal Ram Rao, Chairman, Cardiac Sciences and HOD Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Nayati Multi Super Specialty Hospital stated, “More awareness is needed to ensure people, who suffer from this condition, that they are accurately diagnosed and know about the available treatment options. In many cases, there are no symptoms until it causes complications such as heart attack, stroke and chronic kidney disease. So, it is important to realise that you may have high blood pressure and the only way to find out is to get your blood pressure checked at regular intervals. India is on the brink of a cardiovascular disaster and needs urgent measures to control blood pressure levels.”
Dr Sunil Kumar Gupta, Head of neuro-interventional surgery and minimally invasive neurosurgery, Nayati Multi Super Specialty Hospital stated, “Hypertension is one of the important causes of Cerebro Vascular Accident (CVA) or stroke. Damage to the nervous system has long been known to be a common manifestation of hypertension in the form of stroke or CVA. If we control our blood pressure in normal range then we can reduce the risk of stroke/ CVA.”
Dr Krishna Mohan Sahu, Director, Department of Nephrology, Nayati Multi Super Specialty Hospital stated, “High blood pressure and kidneys are intimately related. While high blood pressure can damage the kidneys and lead to chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidney disease can lead to high blood pressure. High blood pressure makes the heart work harder and, over time, can damage blood vessels throughout the body. If the blood vessels in the kidneys are damaged, they may stop removing wastes and extra fluid from the body. The extra fluid in the blood vessels may then raise blood pressure even more. It’s a dangerous cycle. It is imperative that we practice healthy living and seek the help of doctors whenever needed to keep blood pressure below 120/80.”