September 30, 2023 8:47 PM

Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant urges doctors to encourage patients with heart diseases for lifestyle modifications

Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant has urged doctors to encourage patients with heart diseases for lifestyle modifications. Addressing a webinar for medical officers, Mr. Pant stressed the health policy shift from curative to preventive and promotive health, where more focus is given to the prevention of the occurrence of diseases. On the occasion, Dr. Balram Bharvaga, Head of the Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi emphasized that screening patients for hypertension is the key to contr...