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Wage concerted drive to combat heart diseases’
Deputy leader of the Jatlya Sangsad Prof A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury Monday called for waging a concerted drive to combat the curse of heart disease*, re porta BSS
Prof Chowdhury, who 1* himself a physician, was speaking as the chief guest at a national seminar on "Coronary Heart Disease — An Epidemic of the Century," held at the hotel Sonargaon in the morn
Organised by Education for Health, the seminar was ad dressed among others, by the Chairman of Board of Editors of Dally Ittefaq and the New Nation, Barrister Malnul Hossain, former director of the Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases Brigadier (retd) M A Malek. Director of the Institute Prof Abu Zafar. Prof M Jalaluddin and Prof M Amanullah of ICVD. Prof M A Zaman of Dhaka Medical College, and Dr Shankar Chandra Poddar and Dr Mohammad Sayeed Hossain of the Education for Health
Explaining the seriousness of heart diseases In the country. Prof Chowdhury pleaded for chalking out a programme — easily communicable and acceptable to the masses — for the prevention of the third killer disease
Narrating the causes of the outbreak of heart diseases, Prof Chowdhury said preventive measures were much cheaper than the curative measures and treatment. For educating and motivating the people with the preventive measures. Prof Chowdhury suggested to fix up a target people as well as a target vol unteers.
Diagnosing a specific method to combat heart disease. Prof Chowdhury said "we must first educate and motivate mothers." Identifying the smoking as the worst cause of heart diseases, he said mothers and children could play an
important role to influence the people against smoking
Prof Chowdhury pointed out that the rate of Illiteracy was not at all a problem in spreading the knowledge of health education In this connection, he referred to the iremendou* successes achieved In the Extended Immunisation Programme (EPT).
Barrister Malnul Hossain Identified social unrest a* one of the major cause* of heart diseases and pleaded for en surlng peace and stability 1n society.
He regretted that though there were treatment facilllle* for u few fortunate persons In
the country, those are not available to people at large.
Brigadier (retd) M A Malek pleaded for waging a mas* campaign to combat the causes of heart diseases In this connection. he suggested the inclusion of the preventive measures of heart diseases In the curriculum at school level.
Prof Abu Zafar Identified both blood pressure and mental pressure a* the main rea sons of heart ailments. He ad vised the people to lake veg etables like brinjal. bean, onion and sour curd and fish Instead of red meat A regular walking can greatly help control heart ailment*, he added