Sarwar Awan
Tobacco, sweets and greasy products that are used in our daily life are the main causes of heart attacks increasing every day and every minute and a half in Pakistan, a person loses his life due to heart disease which is a moment of concern.
This was stated by Lt-Gen Nigar Johar, Surgeon General of Pakistan Army while speaking at a seminar on “World Heart Day” on Sunday. Gen. Nigar said that Pakistan is our home, its protection is our duty, and its development is not possible without an educated and healthy society but gradual increase in heart diseases and its mortality among children and youth was causing great alarms.
“It is painful to give up such factors that are causing heart disease. It is forcing an effective strategy to prevent the causes of heart disease, so that a healthy society can thrive,” she said.
Executive Director of AFIC Maj-Gen. Farhan Tayyab and a large number of senior officers of the Pakistan Army, family members, Panah seekers, medical experts and civil society representatives were present on the occasion.
Maj-Gen Farhan Tayyab, addressing on the occasion, said that today’s programme is very important in terms of its nature. The mortality rate from infectious diseases such as hypertension, diabetes was very low a few years ago, the situation gradually changed over time, simple foods were replaced by poultry foods, fresh flower juice was replaced by artificial drinks, walking or cycling users began using motorcycles and cars, and playgrounds in educational institutions and streets disappeared, replaced by TV and the Internet. The result is in front of everyone today, as fast as man has progressed, he has neglected his health at the same rate, heart disease commonly known as heart attack, it has become epidemic in the present, this is a dangerous situation.
President Panah Maj-Gen (retd) Masood-ur-Rehman Kayani said that heart diseases have become the leading cause of death in Pakistan, which continues to rise to alarming levels, according to a report by the World Health Organization.
On an average, 1,100 people, at least 46 people every hour, while one person dies from a heart attack every minute and a half. The first symptom of the disease in more than 50% of patients is a heart attack. According to an analysis, 50% of heart attack patients are between the ages of 45 and 50. The Pakistan National Heart Association has raised awareness about the causes of heart attack.
General Secretary oof PANAH Sanaullah Ghumman said that one of the major causes of heart disease is smoking, consumption of sugary and fatty products, according to former Vice Chancellor Khyber Medical University, Peshawar and cardiologist Prof Muhammad Hafeezullah.
He continued that by controlling smoking and other forms of tobacco, deaths from heart attacks in Pakistan can be reduced by up to 30%. Regular use of cigarettes and sugary drinks reduces physical age. Therefore, we should make maximum use of natural foods, vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, milk and fresh water, so that we can avoid life-threatening diseases, value life, and a healthy society can only be built by healthy people.
On this occasion, the participants appealed to the government to formulate an effective strategy to prevent the causes of heart disease.
