Dr. Pawan Gupta at the VISON ODISHA 2036/86 on 22nd April 2023 at the constitution club, New Delhi on the topic “Challenges in Health, Hygiene, and Sanitation.
As we develop the facilities will develop. We will have lots of hospitals coming up in private-public, with the latest equipment, etc.
But all the facilities will be overwhelmed by the increase in the number of patients, still, they will be insufficient. NCD -non-communicable diseases are going to increase exponentially. Hypertension, diabetes, obesity, nephropathy, liver cirrhosis, cancer, stroke, cardiac, etc are on the increase. But importantly they are all preventable diseases. If we vision for 2036 and 2086 we have to work towards prevention 3 important – “The way we eat, the way we live, and the way we take care of ourselves”
WE HAVE TO WORK TOWARD THE PREVENTION
1. TOBACCO and ALCOHOL – Control most diseases.
2. BAN PLASTICS – The micro-polymer is the biggest hazard to the environment, soil, and health.
3. WOMEN SANITATION – HYGIENE – universal availability of HPV Vaccine and Sanitary pads (reusable and environment friendly). Eradicate Cervical Cancer.
4. FOOD DIET
5. EXERCISE AND YOGA
Education has to start at the school level. Lifestyle has to be adopted from childhood.
“HAR GHAR TOBACCO MARSHAL” – to start with we have to work to make our teachers Tobacco MARSHALs. Odisha is one of the highest consumers of tobacco and one of the highest in oral cancer. Tobacco causes 200 varieties of diseases. Mortality due to tobacco consumption is the highest. The consumption rate has increased to 51.5% population. This is the cause for concern.
Tobacco is the highest pollutant in the environment. Once controlled it will lead to environmental change.
EACH ONE OF US HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY and make our ODISHA a beautiful state – free from tobacco. It is possible but we have to start now.
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