In memory of the martyrs of the Indian freedom movement, the Diabetes and Blood Pressure Screening and Counselling Center, under the “Swasth Nehtaur” initiative of Health and Education Promotion Trust (HEPT), successfully organised its periodic medical camp at Janta Calendar premises in Municipal Board Ward No. 11 in Nehtaur.
Over 100 women and men availed themselves of free sugar, blood pressure, and oxygen level checks, along with valuable counselling services.
The camp’s inauguration ceremony was graced by prominent figures, including Ghizal Mahdi, Secretary of HEPT and convener of “Swasth Nehtaur”; Major Charan Singh Sharma, retired Principal of SNSM Inter College; Ghulam Sabir Siddiqui, a revered super senior citizen; Ankur Jain; and Riyasat Ansari, Municipal Ward Member. Notable social activists Mohammed Nazim Ansari, Syed Mahfooz Ali, Ahmed Wafa, and others were also in attendance.
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Senior health volunteers Faraz Khurshid and Muhammad Huzaifa efficiently led the testing teams, while Ghizal Mahdi provided expert counseling to patients with diabetes and high blood pressure. Major Sharma announced plans to launch an educational program in collaboration with Nehtaur’s schools and colleges, featuring informative lectures on these life-threatening diseases.
Ghulam Sabir Siddiqui lauded the “Swasth Nehtaur” campaign’s coordinators for their tireless efforts in providing continuous free services, terming it commendable and worthy of replication in other parts of the country. Ghizal Mahdi reported that the center has successfully organized 157 health check-up camps over 149 weeks, screening over 3,000 people, with approximately 600 patients receiving free medicines for diabetes and high blood pressure through referrals from the Community Health Center.
Emphasising the importance of regular health check-ups, Ghizal Mahdi advised individuals above 35 to get their sugar and blood pressure checked every six months. He also highlighted the alarming rise in diabetes cases in India, with a 44 per cent increase over five years, affecting 237 million people, and noted that 24% of men and 21% of women suffer from high blood pressure.
Note: HEPT was established in December 2019 by a group of like-minded Jamia alumni, including Ghizal Mahdi, Shyam Sunder Agarwal, Professor Zubair Meenai, Mahindra Singh Manral, and Hasan Abdullah, with the noble aim of promoting health and education in society.
