Mohalla Clinics to emphasize on health and nutrition: Satyendar Jain
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Delhi Government would be opening a thousand mohalla clinics in a year mostly in slums where the emphasis will be in protecting health and improving immunity through better nutrition and health supplements, the state’s health and family welfare Minister Satyender Jain has said.
While addressing the National symposium on Nutraceuticals, Herbals and Functional Foods organized by the knowledge chamber ASSOCHAM Mr. Jain expressed grave concern over the poor health conditions of Delhi population, especially of women. He recalled that in the three clinics the Delhi government opened recently in the slums, majority of patients was women. Out of them 80 per cent were found suffering from high deficiency in hemoglobin.The Minister added that this indicated that Delhi people needed more than calories vitamins, minerals and food supplements. People also needed to be educated in protecting health.“While there was high level of poor nutrition demand in the government clinics for vitamin and other nutrient tablets was low. The government had therefore decided on a fire fighting campaign to protect health”, said Mr. Jain.
Taking on this theme, Dr. H.K. Chopra, chief cardiologist at Moolchand Medicity and co-chairman of ASSOCHAM national Council of Healthcare and Hospital , emphasized that healthcare was more important than medi-care. In public health programmes, the emphasis should shift from illness to wellness. This would save millions of people from later diseases. Over 90 per cent of people above 60 years of age suffered from nutritional deficiency. It was very important that more than pharmaceuticals the people needed Nutraceuticals (nutritional supplements).
Taking on this theme, Dr. H.K. Chopra, chief cardiologist at Moolchand Medicity and co-chairman of ASSOCHAM national Council of Healthcare and Hospital , emphasized that healthcare was more important than medi-care. In public health programmes, the emphasis should shift from illness to wellness. This would save millions of people from later diseases. Over 90 per cent of people above 60 years of age suffered from nutritional deficiency. It was very important that more than pharmaceuticals the people needed Nutraceuticals (nutritional supplements).
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