CSI to hold radio programmes and free cardiology camps

Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner M.K. Savitha leading a World Heart Day walkathon organised by the Mysuru chapter of the Cardiological Society of India on Sunday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram

The Cardiological Society of India (CSI), Mysuru chapter, which organised a walkathon as part of World Heart Day celebrations in Mysuru on Sunday, will be holding radio-based heart-health awareness programmes and free cardiology camps across the region as part of its year-round awareness initiative.

President and secretary of CSI’s Mysuru Chapter Dr. Hema S. and Dr. Anand Lingan, in a joint statement here, said the radio-based heart-health awareness programmes, which will be held twice a month, will focus on topics like prevention of heart disease, blood pressure and cholesterol awareness, diabetes, and heart health, healthy diet, and physical activity.

The programme will also cover recognition of warning symptoms, importance of regular health check-ups, tobacco avoidance, heart health among women and younger people, besides when to seek emergency medical attention.