Mysuru:World Heart Day was celebrated with health awareness programme on prevention of heart diseases for engineering students and health check-up camp for staff of National Institute of Engineering (NIE) at its premises recently. The programme was conducted by the American College of Physicians, India Chapter.

Delivering the lecture on prevention of heart diseases, Dr. M. Suresh Babu, Professor of Medicine, JSS Hospital and Governing Council member, South Zone, ACP India Chapter, mentioned the increasing prevalence of heart diseases in younger age group and  emphasised the importance of adopting healthy lifestyle measures at the young age.

He stressed the need to inculcate daily physical activities and healthy food habits with abstinence of alcohol, smoking and junk food for prevention of heart diseases. The symptom presentations related to heart diseases was explained on the occasion. Health check-up along with blood pressure and blood sugar check-up for teaching and non-teaching staff was organised at the institutional premises. An interaction programme with the students and staff was also arranged on the occasion.