Gauri Healthy Heart Project launches ‘No heart attack mission-2025’ in J&K

Founder-director  of Gauri Kaul Foundation, Dr Upendra Kaul, on Thursday said that bringing down the rate of heart attacks in the next 10 to 15 years by almost 50 percent in Jammu and Kashmir will be a “major achievement” for which adopting a healthy lifestyle by people is one of the major requirements.

In the ‘Mission of No Heart Attacks by 2025’, GHHP is an ambitious project with an objective to create awareness and educate people about the prevention of heart problems and optimize the treatment of the patients with cost-effective and evidence-based cardioprotective management.

“In addition to the free heart camps, we observed that tele-health has a huge role to play during the ongoing pandemic. And going with the goal of World Heart  Day-2021, harnessing the power of digital health to improve awareness,  prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases globally, we have already set up two tele- cardiology units, one in a remote area of Machil and one in Jagti  Township, Jammu.

"These tele-cardiology units would directly connect patients in remote areas with doctors in cardiac hospitals,” Dr Kaul said.

Speaking about the future course of action, Dr Kaul added, “Our mission is to reduce the number of deaths due to heart attacks by 2025. In this regard, we will continue to go to different areas of J&K, create awareness and impart education to people about modifiable risk factors that would help them in preventing heart attacks.

The guest of honour, Muhammad AjazAsad, DC  Srinagar, said: “Gauri Healthy Heart Project is the leaf in the right direction. Our  wishes are with all such efforts.”