Heart checkup camp, health awareness programme organised
Published On : 28 January, 2024 4:49 pm
Kathmandu- Renewal Energy Confederation of Nepal (RECoN) organised heart checkup camp and health awareness related programmes here on the occasion of First International Day of Clean Energy.
The RECoN under “RI Sector Health Checkup and Awareness Programme’ organised the programme with the collaboration of Nepal Cardiac Centre. Senior cardiologist Dr Om Murti Anil and his team carried out heart checkup of around 100 people.
On the occasion, Dr Anil explained the participants about the risk of heart diseases and precautions to be adopted to reduce it, asking to give up the trend taking regular medicines as unnecessary burden and adopting alternative measures rather than consulting with health workers. Sharing the information that risk of heart diseases is increasing in Nepal due to unhealthy lifestyle, unhygienic food, no physical exercise, polluted environment, stress, and lack of interest in health awareness, he suggested adopting awareness.
Dr Anil stressed the need of regular health checkup on time and improvement in lifestyle as risk of health disease on youths in increasing in recent period. Dr Anil urged the renewable energy entrepreneurs also to pay attention towards the promoting the use of clean energy, as increasing the use of renewable will help reduce health risks. Confederation president Gunaraj Dhakal shared that the heart check-up programme has been organised on the occasion of the First Clean Energy Day since the clean energy also has a role in reducing and preventing the heart diseases.
Office-bearers of Nepal Solar Power Producers Association, Nepal Micro Hydropower Development Institute, Nepal Biogas Promotion Association, the Water and Energy Consultants Association of Nepal, the Rural Technology Producers Association of Nepal, Nepal Solar Energy Association, the Bio-energy Entrepreneurs Association, Nepal and Biogas Sector Partnership Nepal, the professional organisations of the renewable energy sector participated in the programme.