Saturday, 18 MAY 2024 | PNS | NAINITAL
In latest news from Uttarakhand, marking the World Hypertension Day, Government B D Pandey District Hospital hosted a special programme in which a senior physician of the hospital, Dr Mahiman Singh Dugtal suggested steps to keep the high/low blood pressure problem at bay to the patients and their relatives while dwelling in details on the nature of hypertension and the harms it causes.
Expressing concern over the surge in the number of heart patients, he said that the people must be extra cautious. To remain free from BP, one should not just have it checked from time to time but must stay away from alcohol, cigarette and bidi. Besides, salt intake must be reduced and magnesium-rich food should be consumed, he said and added that body weight must be kept under control.
