Heart ailments no longer elderly disease now: Expert

Abohar, September 24, 2022: “Heart ailments are no longer the disease of elderly. Due to rise in sedentary lifestyle and factors such as obesity, stress and consumption of junk food, the cardiac issues in young are becoming more rampant,” said Dr Rohit Mody director cardiology at Max Hospital Bathinda during addressing a press conference here on the heart care awareness ahead of World Heart Day on Saturday.

Dr Mody further said that people often complain of pain, pressure or heaviness in the chest that indicates angina, pain in the jaw, the left shoulder, arms, elbows, or back, shortness of breath, cold sweat, nausea and fatigue, light-headedness or fainting. All these symptoms may vary from person to person, as some may experience more than one symptom and patients present to us at different stages of the disease.

The people of Malwa region are no longer to go to the other cities for and cardiac issues as all advanced treatment modalities are available at Max Hospital, Bathinda, he maintained.

Sandip Singh, GM said that we have a competent team of experienced doctors and other healthcare professionals offers state-of-the-art premium world class services in not only in cardiology department but we also have all the specialities like oncology, Neurosciences, Orthopaedics’, diabetes, Gastro and pulmonology which are all available under a roof.