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Diabetes giant killer, leads to silent heart attacks : Dr. Sushil 11/15/2015 11:54:12 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 15 : Department of Cardiology of Government Medical College and Super-speciality Hospital today scanned patients in Smailpur area of Samba district, the homeland of Dogra icon Pt. Prem Nath Dogra. The team of GMC and Super-speciality led by HOD Cardiology Dr. Sushil Sharma held a day long cardiac-cum-diabetes awareness camp in a community center in Smailpur along with a team of young doctors. The camp was organized by the cardiac department, a day after the whole world celebrated world diabetes day. Dr. Sushil Sharma took special care in ensuring that his team reaches out to the poor and downtrodden with a message of cutting out on sugar. During the camp, Dr. Sushil and his team not only scanned the patients but also interacted with them briefing them about Do's and Don'ts of keeping the body free from Diabetes and heart healthy. "Diabetes often leads to silent heart attacks i.e. a person suffers massive heart attack despite not having any symptoms", he said. A little change in lifestyle could make a lot of difference, said Dr. Sushil. He elaborated that it is six times more common with people of south Asian descent. "I am not advising anyone to completely stop taking sugar and other sweetners but a little change in lifestyle could make consuming such substances good for your health. Dr. Sushil said "Diabetes is a major public health problem and along with its complications contribute a significant amount of burden on the society. Lack of awareness has resulted in an increased number of diabetics over the years especially in Jammu." The team of doctors which screened more than 250 patients included Dr. Dhaneshwar Kapoor, Dr. Mohi Kalsotra, Dr. vijay Singh and Dr. Aniti Pal Singh. The team of Paramedics and Volunteers which increased the significance of this camp included Kamal Kishore, Kashmiri Lal, Sanjay Sharma, Gaurav Sharma, Vikas Kumar, Mohan Krishan, Harvinder Singh, Aman Gupta and Balwan Rathore.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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