HEALTH SEMINAR BY INSPIRE AT IVY HOSPITAL
Vinay Kumar
Mohali
INSPIRE(Institution for Secretarial
Practices & Development) – a non-profit voluntary professional registered
body of working secretarial practitioners, registered under
the Societies Registration Act, 1860, today organized an HEALTH
SEMINAR at the Ivy Hospital, Sector 71, Mohali, for its members and
their families, with the voluntary support of the management of Ivy Hospital,
Mohali. On this occasion, Sh. D .M. S. Bedi,
Chairman, INSPIRE, highlighted the activities of the
institution and welcomed Dr. Harinder Singh Bedi and Dr. Gurpreet
Singh, who are from Ivy Hospital, Mohali. Dr. Harinder Singh
Bedi (A Renowned Heart Specialist of the region), who is Director
& Head, Cardiac Surgery at Ivy Hospital, Mohali interacted with
participants on the topic " How to Keep Your Heart
Healthy". Dr. Bedi gave tips for healthy heart by incorporating
stress management, exercise, diet, avoidance of tobacco and regular check-ups,
besides stressing on the importance of Yoga. While
interacting, he said "Today India is home to one out of every 10 senior
citizens in the world. With life expectancy increasing to 75.5
years, octogenarians constitute about 3 per cent of the
population. The older population in India, which was 56.7 million in
1991 and 72 million in 2001, is expected to grow to 137 million
by 2021." He said age is a risk factor for the development of
coronary artery disease and the incidence of symptomatic coronary artery
disease (CAD) requiring coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the elderly
is bound to increase. Around 40% of all octogenarians have symptomatic
cardiovascular disease and a significant number of these may benefit from surgery. Dr. Gurpreet Singh, Sr. Consultant-Internal Medicine, Ivy
Hospital, Mohali interacted with the participants on topic"
Diabetes Management & Stress Management ". Sh.
Purushotam Mehta, Advisor, INSPIRE expressed Vote of Thanks and
thanked the esteemed faculty, the participants and the management of Ivy
Hospital for arranging an excellent Health Seminar for the members of
INSPIRE. On the occasion, Sh. Krishan Grover, Assistant Registrar, Panjab
University, Chandigarh was also present.
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