They have said that heart diseases are caused because of smoking and hypertension, adding more people of town areas are affected from the diseases as compared to the people of the rural areas.[break]
They point out main causes as lack of regular physical exercises and passive lifestyle.
The Cardiac Society of Nepal at a two-day International Conference on the ‘Conquering Heart Disease in the Himalayan Region’ organized by the Cardiac Society of Nepal, the participants said the major killer in deaths in Nepal are non-communicable diseases, and that too heart disease is the main cause.
They attribute it to increasing urbanization, unhealthy lifestyle, pollution and negligence of the general public on health, and called for stopping smoking, and use of tobacco related products.
Chief Justice Khilraj Regmi said doctors should be alert on treating the patients as per the ideals of the medical science. He also called for professionalism, and legal protection by the state.
Health Secretary Dr. Sudha Sharma said thousands lose their lives from non-communicable diseases and the government has been formulating national policies for controlling such diseases.
Society’s patron Dr. Mrigendra Pandey said the situation now is appalling as its number was normal fifty years ago when he started the profession.
Society Chairman Dr. Bhagawan Koirala Vice Chairman Dr. Man Bahadur KC, General Secretary Yadav Bhatta and former chairman Dr. Awanibhushan Upadhyay said satisfactory progress has been made in treatment of heart diseases in the past ten years which is manifested by the establishment of the Martyr Gangalal National Heart Centre.
They also called on the government for decentralization and expanding the services in all the five development regions.
Some 300 doctors and health processional from Nepal, USA, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia have been participating in the conference.
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