Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHe wanted both private and public hospitals as well as\nindividual doctors to visit nearby schools, colleges and community centres in\ntheir localities regularly and educate the youngsters on the health hazards\nposed by modern lifestyles and the need to undertake regular physical activity\nand adopt healthy dietary habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inaugurating the 27th Annual Conference of the Indian\nAcademy of Neurology – IANCON 2019, in Hyderabad today, Shri Naidu said the\ncountry was facing the twin burden of some communicable diseases and NCDs,\napart from glaring absence of adequate modern medical facilities in rural\nareas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Vice President also advised the governments and policy\nmakers to give more incentives for setting up medical institutions in rural\nareas. The Central Governments and the States must provide a helping hand to\nprivate sector without compromising on standards. He also wanted the Medical\nCouncil of India to address the issue of increasing seats in neurology, while\nensuring that the colleges strictly adhere to regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Referring to neurological disorders, he said that India has\na huge burden affecting all strata of society, both in rural and urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expressing concern that every year at least 2 million people\nin India suffer from brain stroke resulting in long-term disability, including\nparalysis and other problems, the Vice President said there was an urgent need\nto educate the public to control their blood pressure, blood sugar levels and\nadopt a healthy lifestyle apart from providing treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stating that the rise in acquired neurological diseases (non-communicable)\nwas a worrisome development, he opined that changing lifestyle and dietary\nhabits were adding to the trend. \u201cOver the last two decades, the burden of\nnon-communicable diseases like stroke, epilepsy, headaches, and spine and brain\ndisorders in India has increased more rapidly than communicable diseases like\ninfections and fever. 55.2% of all deaths in India in 2016 were due to\nnon-communicable diseases, according to a study\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shri Naidu said that the burden of the neurological disease\nmust be tackled by adopting a multi-pronged approach including augmenting seats\nin neurology and establishing more and more hospitals in the rural areas\nequipped with CT and MRI scans for early diagnosis of neurological disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also called for providing rehabilitation services in the\nrural areas along with training the family members in the rehabilitation\nprocess, so that they can take care of the disabled persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Observing that the health sector in India was facing the\nproblems of inadequate public spend, low doctor-patient ratio, high share of\nout-of-pocket expenditure, inadequate infrastructure in rural areas including\nlack of penetration of health insurance and inadequate preventive mechanisms,\nthe Vice President opined that it was crucial to address this huge gap in the\nsupply of trained healthcare practitioners by opening more medical colleges and\nincreasing the number of seats at both graduate and postgraduate levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To mitigate this crisis, we need to pay much more attention\nto Primary Healthcare, which is the first point of contact with any patient\nwith the medical system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 2000 delegates, including 15 international experts\nfrom the USA, UK, Australia, Austria, Portugal, Japan, and Italy attended the\nconference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Member of NITI Aayog, Dr. Vinod Paul, the MD & CEO,\nKIMS Hospitals, Hyderabad, Dr. B. Bhaskar Rao, the President, Indian Academy of\nNeurology, Dr. Satish Khadilkar, the President, World Federation of Neurology,\nDr. William Carroll, the Secretary, Indian Academy of Neurology, Dr. Gagandeep\nSingh, the Chairman, Organising Committee, Dr. S. Mohandas, the Organising\nSecretary, Dr. Sita Jayalakshmi and other dignitaries were present on the\noccasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following is the text of Vice President’s address:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
“I am pleased to inaugurate the 27th annual meeting of\nthe Indian Academy of Neurology\u2014IANCON 2019 and address all of you. Although I\nam not an expert on the subject like most of the delegates gathered here, I had\naccepted the invitation to share a few of my thoughts and to get an understanding\nof the latest developments in your specialty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am told that more than 2000 delegates, including 15\ninternational experts from USA, UK, Australia, Austria, Portugal, Japan and\nItaly are attending this conference. I wish you all a pleasant and fruitful\nstay in this beautiful and historic pearl city of Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am happy to know that the Indian Academy of Neurology\npromotes research, education and interaction among experts, practitioners and\nstudents of neurology about various neurological disorders. Holding such annual\nmeetings and scientific deliberations are essential to update knowledge and\nkeep abreast of the latest advances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Various programmes implemented by successive governments\nover the past many decades have enabled steady improvement in the health\nindicators from improving longevity to eradicating polio and largely\ncontrolling other communicable diseases. However, the major concern today is\nthe rapid rise of non-communicable diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, the country is facing the twin burden of some\ncommunicable diseases and NCDs, apart from glaring absence of adequate modern\nmedical facilities in the rural areas, particularly in the remote parts of the\ncountry. This is an area that needs to be addressed on a war footing by all the\nstakeholders in the healthcare industry, including the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As regards neurological disorders are concerned, I am\ninformed that India has a huge burden affecting all strata of society, both in\nrural and urban areas. This is because of a combination of age-related diseases\ndue to increased longevity and the problems of infections attacking the brain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although neurological disorders deal with all problems\narising from dysfunction of brain , spinal cord, muscles and nerves, the most\ncommon among these are Brain stroke, Dementia, Epilepsy, Head Injuries and\ninfections of brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is estimated that every year at least 2 million people in\nIndia suffer from brain stroke resulting in long-term disability, including\nparalysis and other problems. While the government is doing its best to provide\neffective treatment, the key to stroke management lies in prevention by\neducating public to control their blood pressure, blood sugar levels and adopt\na healthy life style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the estimated prevalence of serious neurological\ndisorders like brain stroke, epilepsy, dementia is 5 to 8 per 1000 people in\ndeveloped countries, the prevalence in India is nearly \u201cdouble\u201d at 14 to 17 per\n1000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although diseases of brain due to community acquired\ninfections, maternal malnutrition during pregnancy and lack of oxygen (hypoxia)\nduring child birth are on the decline, I am told that there is rise in acquired\nneurological diseases (non-communicable). This is a worrisome trend and is\nprobably due to changing lifestyle and dietary habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the last two decades, burden of non-communicable\ndiseases like stroke, epilepsy, headaches, spine and brain disorders in India\nhas increased more rapidly than communicable diseases like infections and\nfever. In fact, 55.2% of all deaths in India in 2016 were due to\nnon-communicable diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brain strokes are one of the leading causes of death and\ndisability in India, alongside heart diseases and lung diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The five leading risk factors for increased disease burden\nin recent times are child and maternal malnutrition, air pollution, obesity,\nhigh blood pressure, and high blood glucose levels. Surprisingly, all of which\ncan be controlled by a healthy and active lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is of immense relevance to health administrators and\nplanners that adequate neurology services have to be provided with requisite\nworkforce and infrastructure both in the urban centres as well as rural\npopulation areas, including remote places in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In view of the constraints of limited specialist workforce\nand finances, there is a need to optimize the available resources through innovative\nstrategies, including the use of telemedicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am told that dementia or loss of memory is the second\nbiggest contributor to neurological burden in India. In view of the expected\nincrease in the proportion of elderly population in our society in future, the\nnumber of people with dementia is expected to triple in India by 2050. This\nchallenge needs to be addressed with well-planned strategies for prevention and\ntreatment of dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am told that epilepsy affects 1% of Indian population.\nWhile the public awareness campaigns by neurologists have helped to increase\nthe awareness and reduce the stigma attached to it, the need of the hour is to\nmake accessible the advances in the medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy\nto the vast majority of our population living in rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The neurological diseases burden needs to be tackled by\nadopting a multi-pronged approach. Apart from augmenting the seats in\nneurology, more and more hospitals in the rural areas need to be equipped with\nCT and MRI scans for early diagnosis of neurological disorders. There is also a\nneed to provide rehabilitation services in the rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lack of adequate rehabilitation services in rural areas\ncan be partly overcome by training the family members in the rehabilitation process,\nso that they can take care of the disabled persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As mentioned earlier, India has achieved significant\nprogress since Independence on various health indicators. With successive\ngovernments according high priority to health and the wellbeing of the people,\nthe average life expectancy has increased to 69 years and India\u2019s disease\nburden due to communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases has\ndropped from 61 % to 33 % between 1990 and 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are noteworthy improvements in health indicators\nrelating to infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR) due\nto increasing penetration of healthcare services across the country, extensive\nhealth campaigns, sanitation drives, increase in the number of government and\nprivate hospitals in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India launched \u2018Ayushman Bharat\u2019, said to be the world\u2019s\nlargest health insurance scheme, under the aegis of which lakhs of people are\nreceiving free treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India\u2019s health sector has a number of competitive\nadvantages, from a large pool of well-trained medical professionals, to a\nflourishing Pharma industry which excels in generic drug manufacturing, to cost\neffective and quality medical procedures. The cost of surgery in India is\nsubstantially less when compared to the US or Western Europe, which makes India\na healthcare destination of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In spite of all these advancements, there is a long and\narduous road ahead of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our health sector still grapples with inadequate public\nspend, low doctor-patient ratio, high share of out-of-pocket expenditure,\ninadequate infrastructure in rural areas, lack of penetration of health\ninsurance and inadequate preventive mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We face a huge shortage in the number of qualified medical\npractitioners in India, especially specialist doctors. The National Health\nProfile 2018 says that there is just one allopathic government doctor available\nfor around 11,082 people across the country, a figure more than 10 times of the\nWHO recommended figure of 1:1000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is crucial that we address this huge gap in the supply of\ntrained healthcare practitioners by opening more medical colleges and\nincreasing the number of seats at both graduate and postgraduate levels. Nearly\n86% of all the medical visits in India are made by people living in rural areas\nwith the majority required to travel long distances for accessing quality\nhealth care facilities. Besides, the out of pocket expenses are driving many\ninto the vicious cycle of debts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To mitigate this crisis, we need to pay much more attention\nto Primary Healthcare, which is the first point of contact of any patient with\nthe medical system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before concluding, I would like to urge the medical\nfraternity to play a pro-active role and launch an awareness campaign on the\nneed to prevent non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and\ncancer, which are assuming disturbing proportions. I would like the both\nprivate and public hospitals as well as individual doctors to visit nearby\nschools and colleges in their localities regularly and educate the youngsters\non the health hazards posed by modern lifestyles and the need for regular\nphysical activity and healthy dietary habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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