The Hindu 08.04.2010
Health screening programme launched
Staff Reporter
Thrissur: The Thrissur Corporation in association with the Amala Cancer Hospital and Research Centre here launched a year-long health screening programme on World Health Day on Wednesday.
Mayor R. Bindu inaugurated the programme, aimed at creating awareness of lifestyle diseases among the urban population.
Under the programme, to be held in all the 52 divisions of the City Corporation, screening booths will be arranged at public places every week. The public can check their blood pressure and diabetes and know their body mass index at the booths.
The theme of the World Health Day this year was ‘Urbanisation and health'. According to WHO, increasing urbanisation has become a serious threat to public health. Dr. C.R. Saju, associate professor, Community Medicine Department of Amala Hospital, said that the programme envisaged covering the entire adult population in the corporation limits. A panel of expert doctors, including an endocrinologist, preventive medicine experts and nutritionist, will conduct weekly medical camps to provide medical advice. An obesity management clinic is also on the anvil. Special programmes will be conducted in schools to sensitise students about lifestyle management.
