Accu Chek Pakistan Held 'Healthy Me' Poster Competition

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The theme for World Diabetes Day 2019 was Family and Diabetes. The theme was aimed to raise awareness of the diabetes effect on one’s family and promoting the support as well as the role of the family in managing, carefulness, prevention and acquiring knowledge of diabetes.

A lack of knowledge about this silent disease – diabetes means that noticing the early symptoms is not just a hindrance for family members, but it’s a bigger concern impacting the whole society. Do you know that diabetes was responsible for four million deaths in 2017? It was due to untreated or unmanaged diabetes that leads to life-changing impediments.

In order to create diabetes awareness in country, the Roche Pakistan, the pioneers in Diabetes Care, took a great initiative by engaging young children and school going students to highlight the significance of diabetes care, prevention, and alertness about the silent disease. The main focus was to educate them that how changing a lifestyle can prevent diabetes or help in managing it. The initiative aimed at helping students in understanding the symptoms and complications of diabetes. Diet plans were shared to teach them healthy eating routine from an early age to avoid obesity that can lead to diabetes.

The Accu Chek Pakistan, a brand of blood sugar-testing devices manufactured by Roche Diagnostics, organized a poster competition ‘Healthy Me’ as a drill to tell young minds that healthy living amongst children ensures a healthy future. 

Children were asked to draw, make posters to express their knowledge about World Diabetes Day theme; Family and Diabetes. The contest further enabled students to absorb the maximum information about the symptoms of diabetes and how Accu-Chek can help to monitor blood sugar levels.

The Healthy Me poster contest was judged by cricketer Mr. Wasim Akram, who himself is a diabetic patient and an inspiration for many people who want to be active and fit. The competition administration received hundreds of entries from schools all across Pakistan showing that such activity can really promote awareness among children and their families.

Following are some of the creative posters and illustrations that children made to highlight the importance of a healthy lifestyle and diet to prevent and control diabetes in families and children.

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Tabba Heart Institute's Diagnostic & Consultation Services Now Opens In DHA

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Being a daughter of a heart patient, I can understand the importance of a diagnostic center near your residence. This is the reason I am glad that Tabba Heart Institute has opened a new OPD set-up and services in a locality that was earlier deprived of such state-of-art facilities.

Tabba Heart Institute is providing its services of cardiovascular and other related ailments to the masses since 2005, through its main centre in Federal B Area. Keeping in mind the need of a its patients, THI decided to open its latest Diagnostic Facility and Consultation Services in DHA just for the convenience of Clifton, DHA and other nearby areas’ residents. 

Located at a custom build building at Main Korangi road, near Kala Pull, Phase II, Defence Housing Authority, the new facility centre will provide consultation services of well-known cardiologists and cardiac surgeons from Tabba Heart Institute.

It will also provide services from Tabba Kidney Institute throughout the week. All these services will include lab tests, pharmacy, Non Invasive Diagnostics tests including ETT, Echo, X-ray, Nuclear Scan Thallium Scan, Holter Monitoring. Ambulatory BP Monitoring, Tilt Table test and ECG.

TBI is a dream project of late Chairman Mr. Abdul Razzak Tabba. It has world class infrastructure backed by American Board trained physicians and cardiac surgeons. The highly trained para medical staff, nurses is another feature of TBI whose services have been recognized by American College of Cardiology as being the first and only hospital in Pakistan for providing quality cardiac care.

Check out the following video to have an idea about the new diagnostic and consultation center at DHA. 

 

 The new centre is now functional and appointments or other inquiries can be taken from the information desk or by calling 0312-0844 844, 111-844-844. 


[Video Courtesy Munir Rahool]

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Tabba Heart Institute's Project DKL creating awareness about heart diseases and stroke prevention

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Heart ailments including strokes are the prominent causes of death. Every year nearly 17 million persons die due to heart diseases. This number of deaths is higher than other serious illnesses for example cancer, HIV, malaria etc.

On World Heart Day, celebrated on 29th of September, Pakistan’s most comprehensive cardiology services providing institute Tabba Heart conducted a session on how to keep a check and balance on blood pressure and spread awareness about all heart diseases, cardiac arrest and stroke prevention through their Project Dil kay Liye (#ProjectDKL).

As a part of the project DKL, Tabba Heart Institute conducted an activity at LuckyOne Mall from 22nd to 24th September 2017 to create awareness about healthy heart encouraging people to focus on their heart’s well-being and keep it healthy and thus reduce the risk of heart diseases.

 
During the activation of Project DKL at LuckyOne Mall, thousands of people were engaged in healthy activities and games. People were given several giveaways on answering a health-related quiz and playing healthy games.

Project DKL is a way of life, it aims to create a healthy environment, encouraging people to switch to a healthier lifestyle through exercising, eating healthy, quitting smoking & getting regular medical check-ups done.

So, avoid oily and junk foods. Eat variety of fruits and vegetables. Don’t forget to give up smoking, do regular exercise to keep yourself fit and fine with a healthy heart.

For more information, 

Follow Tabba Heart on Facebook .

Website: www.tabbaheart.org

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