World Heart Day being observed today: Cardiac deaths escalating in Pakistan
For reducing the risk of heart attack, it is better to be active, jog on daily consume health food.
(Web Desk) – Heart, one of the most crucial organs in human body, needs intense care and consideration. Keeping this in view and rightly so, the international community set September 29 of each year World Heart Day. Risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) are quite copious in Pakistan. Around 200,000 people die of CHD annually which is the quite a big number and needs dire consideration of the government. On the other side, 30 to 40 per cent of all deaths in Pakistan are of those who have been suffering from various forms of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). They even include children.
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Despondently, health sector is not in exception from politicization. Another pivotal hospital Wazirabad Institute of Cardiology was established in 2006 in the era of PML-Q, with an initial cost of Rs2 billion, but it faced severe adversities as the government changed. Even at this time, it is not fully operational.
There are various factors that contribute to diseases. Usage of tobacco and alcohol, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity, stress and unhealthy diet are common oneS in this regard. More cholesterol or fat means more chances of heart disease. Cholesterol in the walls of arteries is detrimental indeed. Stalls of unhygienic junk foods, prime source of cholesterol, are in huge number in Pakistan. Concept of food security does not even exist among them.
Dietary imbalance is not taken serious, and this happens by eating from unhygienic food stalls which are in countless number in Pakistan. Photo: File
Lack of treatment facilities
Unfortunately, just like other dilemmas, lack of medical facilities is ruining the lives of people. Though there are health-related laws and regulations, but no one is ready to implement them. They (laws) are good for nothing unless implemented. Successive governments’ negligence shattered the foundations of health system. Hospitals are rarely found. Cardiology hospitals are very few and are primarily in metropolises, far flung from smaller cities and villages where cases of heart diseases are relatively high. Some of these hospitals are Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, and Shifa Heart Centre.
Despondently, health sector is not in exception from politicization. Another pivotal hospital Wazirabad Institute of Cardiology was established in 2006 in the era of PML-Q, with an initial cost of Rs2 billion, but it faced severe adversities as the government changed. Even at this time, it is not fully operational.
Wazirabad Institute of Cardiology downheartedly fell victim to politics. It is in an aware where thousands of people have cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Photo: File
Better to take preventive measures
For reducing the risk of heart attack, it is better to be active, jog on daily basis so that you could loss excessive weight, quite smoking, take hygienic food which contain lesser cholesterol, and most important of all reduce blood sugar level and run away from stress. By adopting these measures, one can live a healthy life and the major organ heart will remain proficient to the utmost of its ability. At this heart day, the government of PTI should announce its support for health reforms and institutions and vow to make Pakistan heart-friendly country.
