Doctors should set good health example: Experts
LUCKNOW : Doctors themselves must follow a healthy lifestyle so that they could serve more people for a longer period and also set an example for their patients, said experts at the two-day 40th national conference of the National Medicos Organisation (NMO) that began at the scientific convention centre here on Saturday.
By remaining fit, doctors would motivate their patients to follow suit, they said. “A lot of money is spent on the education of a medical professional. Long and healthy life of a doctor will ensure he/she remains active for long and serves more patients,” said Dr Ashok Kumavat of SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
Dr Kumavat rode a bicycle from Ayodhya to Lucknow a day
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A lot of money is spent on the education of a medical professional. Long and healthy life of a doctor will ensure he/she remains active for long and serves more patients.
DR ASHOK KUMAVAT, SMS Medical College, Jaipur
before and has been doing such exercise for the past five years to spread health awareness.
“If a doctor is fit and asks others to remain fit they will follow,” said Dr Narendra Paliwal of Government Medical College, Bhavnagar. He was also among those who participated in the bicycle yatra. In all, 180 doctors peddled their way to Lucknow from Ayodhya. Prof Sandip Tiwari, HoD Trauma Surgery at the KGMU and chairperson of the event ‘NMOCON-2018’, said cycling as an exercise offered multiple health benefits.
“Apart from cycling if you can make sure you walk at least 10,000 steps a day, you will remain healthy,” said Prof MLB Bhatt, vice chancellor KGMU. Several other experts including Prof Ravi Kant, director AIIMS, Rishikesh and former VC KGMU, Prof Vinod Jain and Prof AA Mahdi, vice chancellor Era University spoke on different topics.
Prof Mahdi spoke on effects of garlic on autoimmune disease while Prof NS Verma spoke on rehabilitation in health. Sah Sarkarywah of RSS V Bhagaiyya, the key speaker in the event, said that doctors needed to think about ways to serve society in a better manner.