Create awareness on lifestyle diseases: Vice President to Doctors

Hyderabad: Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu has called upon doctors to create awareness among the people on the dangers posed by lifestyle diseases and the need to promote healthy living.

Inaugurating a free Medical Camp jointly organized by the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and the Swarna Bharat Trust (SBT) in the latter's premises here on Sunday, Mr Naidu emphasized that people must made to pay greater attention towards their health and wellness as prevention is better than cure. He said that a healthy nation can become a wealthy nation but not vice- versa. The spending on health care will naturally come down if people are healthy, he added.

Expressing his anguish over the lack of adequate medical facilities in Rural Areas, he lauded the Union Government for launching Ayushman Bharat to provide health insurance cover to five crore families in rural areas and 2.5 crore families in urban areas. The scheme would provide coverage of up to Rs. 5 lakh per family every year. The Vice-President also complimented the government for planning to establish one primary health centre for every 5,000 population and increase their number to 1.5 lakh.