NGO SPEAK - SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF ETHICAL & AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE & ICCR TO PRESENT PLAY ON OBESITY

Chandigarh, September 6, 2018: SPEAK India, Society for Promotion of Ethical & Affordable health Care, will present a Punjabi Play ‘Tamasha Motyan da’ to fulfill its twin objectives of promoting healthy lifestyle and to curb unethical practices in healthcare. The play is scheduled for September 8, Saturday at 6.30 PM at Randhawa Auditorium, Sector 16, Chandigarh, according to Dr.R.Kumar, President of the society. The play will be followed by another humorous short play 'Hello, Hello' which is based on ill effects of smart phones on health. Mr.Satish Chandra IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), Punjab will be the Chief Guest. Sh.Pankaj Vohra Regional Director Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Government of India will preside over the function. Through the hilarious comedy play in Punjabi, humour and entertainment will be created, but the play give a solid message of pathos embedded in the theme of the play i.e misery, disease and death related to obesity and its underlying causative factors like consumption of white poisons and excessive use of mobiles. Obesity exposes one to serious ailments like diabetes, heart ailments, hypertension, stroke, anemia depression, sexual problems and unproductive life in the long run. With a single intervention of reducing calories and salt in foods in general, and intake of processed foods in particular, most ailments can be prevented, observed Dr. Kumar.