Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, May 26: The Health Department has started a special campaign from May 17 to June 17 for the examination and awareness of non-communicable diseases. Giving this information, Civil Surgeon Dr. Sangeeta Jain has appealed to every person, especially those above 30 years of age, to go to the nearest health institution and get themselves examined so that these diseases can be detected in time.
In a press note issued here, Dr. Jain said that awareness activities are being conducted by the District Health Department through various means like rallies, public meetings, street plays, painting, webinars etc. so that people can know about the prevention of these diseases.
He said that the main objective of this campaign is to detect non-communicable diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, common cancer etc. in every person and make people aware so that treatment can be done in time.
He said that these diseases often occur due to lack of awareness. These can be avoided by making necessary changes in lifestyle. The civil surgeon said that non-communicable diseases are usually long-term diseases that take time to heal. These diseases mainly include high blood pressure, heart attack, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, asthma etc.
He said that regular and timely testing of these diseases is very important, because many times the disease takes a serious form due to lack of testing. He appealed that every person above the age of 30 should go to a government health institution and get tested. For information, the medical helpline number 104 of the health department can also be contacted.