Dr Trehan, Baba Ramdev announce the fusion of modern and ancient medicine

New Delhi: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman, Medanta The Medicity, discussed about holistic healing of heart diseases by Yoga, Ayurveda and meditation along with modern diagnostics on the concluding day of India’s first International Coronary Congress, organised by Medanta The Medicity.

The ICC 2016 was a three day event that began on Nov 11.

During the discussion, the experts viewed that the fusion of modern medical system and ancient medicines will help in healing various heart related ailments like hypertension, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, arthritis, etc.

While addressing the audience, Dr Naresh Trehan,Chairman, Medanta the Medicity said: “Around six crore people in India already have heart related diseases and another six crore are in line. The current modern medical systems treat patients using methods like antibiotics, chemotherapy, surgeries, radiation, etc. but even after successful surgeries, the patients’ body is left in great trauma.”

He said: “The fusion of both- modern and ancient medicine- helps strengthen your body and fight diseases. This new-era medicine will emerge from India and will also benefit the people who are unable to access quality healthcare services.”

Stressing on the importance of Yoga and Ayurveda, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev said, “Less physical activity, stress, unhealthy eating habits, smoking & drinking, undisciplined lifestyle, etc leads to mainly heart diseases, obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, and high Blood Pressure”. He suggested, “Denying daily exercises lead to many diseases; correcting lifestyle and adopting simple exercises in your daily routine will build immunity. These practices can cure almost 99 per cent of diseases”.

The ICC 2016 will be a first-of-its-kind comprehensive course on coronary artery disease management bringing together the most eminent cardiac surgeons and cardiologists from the world on the same platform for a comprehensive overview of the subject.

The objective of ICC 2016 is to break the stereotype mind set of individualistic approach of coronary artery disease management towards more broad-based approaches built on consensus. It is the most comprehensive course on updated coronary artery disease management to meet the unmet needs of young cardiac surgeons.

This event has brought together the Cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists, clinical cardiologists, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, Cath lab technicians, and other healthcare professionals with a special interest in the field of cardiovascular medicine.