By Samachar Vishesh
News
Chandigarh 24th
September:- The Society for Promotion of Ethical
and Affordable Health Care (SPEAK) in collaboration with Post
Graduate Government college 46-B, Chandigarh organized a seminar on the topic
‘Clean environment Healthy Life’ at the college premises. The situations of
pollution at present and future challenges were discussed by the speakers
during the event.
Presenting his keynote address Dr. R.
Kumar President of SPEAK narrated the woes of unhealthy environment, its
magnitude and how it kills slowly but surely, contributing about 40% to the
toll of deaths in India. Dr. R. Kumar said that in the name of development and
modernity we have damaged our environment and produced sickening conditions for
the community.
Kahan Singh Pannu IAS, Head Tandrust
Punjab Mission and Secretary Agriculture, Punjab was the chief guest. Speaking
on the occasion K S Pannu said that population is the mother of all the
problems being faced by people today but nobody is ready to talk about it and
take measures to tackle the problem. He said uncontrolled population is the
biggest mistake committed by society and the worst part is that everybody is
doing nothing but just passing the buck to other. He said stubble burning is a
big problem faced by people of Punjab and Haryana every year but nobody is
ready to learn the lesson. He admired the efforts of SPEAK India to promote
preventive health and clean surroundings.
Speaking on the topic ‘Lung and
Heart/Air Pollution’ Dr. S.K. Jindal, professor emeritus PGI elaborated on the
ill effects of polluted air and how it leads to lung cancer, chronic
obstructive lung disease and heart failures. Restricting vehicular emissions
can help.
Prof. Ajay Duseja from the Hepatology
Dept PGI while speaking on the topic ‘Liver and GIT/Water pollution’, outlined
the aspects of contaminated and scarce water all over the country and resultant
diarrheal diseases and liver damage playing havoc with the life of citizens
specially children. He focused over the hand hygiene as a measure to reduce
water borne diseases.
Prof. Ravinder Khaiwal of public
health department PGI spoke on the topic ‘Plastics, Chemicals, Medicines
Internal Environment’ while highlighting the dangers of plastics and chemicals
in our foods and drinks. He further cautioned about the abuse of prescription
drugs esp. antibiotics, pain killers and anxiolytics.
Senior Journalist, Ms Harvinder
Khetal in her lecture, ‘Social and Economic Cost of Pollution’ talked about
impact of global environment pollution on the economy of the world. She dwelt
on the socio-economic aspects of pollution. She emphasized that over-population
and poverty cause pollution and pollution accentuates disease and poverty.
The seminar was preceded by one act
play highlighting the importance of clean environment and potential of
suffering from diseases like tuberculosis, malaria and lung diseases in
polluted set up. Principal Rosy Walia Joshi welcomed the guests and Prof.
Praveen Choubey proposed vote of thanks.
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