Rotary Club Rupnagar organises health seminar at IIT Ropar
Bahadurjeet Singh/ Rupnagar,August 26,2023
Rotary Club Rupnagar organised a seminar on health awareness at IIT Ropar. It was attended by more than 300 students and faculty members. Renowned surgeon & social activist of the region & Past Governor of Rotary district 3038 Dr R S Parmar apprised the audience about Rotary, what it is and what it does for the society. This was followed by a workshop on Cardio pulmonary resuscitation by Dr Sushil Kumar a certified CPR trainer. He emphasized the importance of learning CPR skills as anybody may require it during an emergency situation which can arise at the roadside or even ones house. The most important part is chest compression followed by artificial respiration. The students were imparted training in the various life saving techniques. This was the second workshop on CPR & club has targeted to organize 20 such sessions for the awareness of people so that they can also save human lives in emergent situation.
Dr Namrita Parmar, President RC Rupnagar delivered a talk on Computer vision syndrome. She emphasized the importance of correct posture while sitting, ideal distance from the screen and the frequent blinking of the eyelids to lubricate the eyes while working on computers.
Abhilasha, Dietitian educated the students about healthy dietary practices, balanced diet and regular exercise. The importance of food labels, calorific requirements, fiber content and protein intake were also discussed.
Past President of Rotary Club Rupnagar Dr B P S Parmar discussed about obesity and its management. Everyone should know their BMI and should try to keep it within normal limits. Once diet, exercise and medication fails to control weight, surgery should be considered an option. He discussed various surgical procedures which can not only decrease weight but also take care of medical conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea and so on. According to him surgery is a safe and effective treatment for morbidity obese patients who have developed other medical conditions due to obesity.
In the end Dr Rajiv Ahuja, Director IIT Ropar thanks Rotary Club Rupnagar, its members and the doctors from Parmar hospital for organizing such an informative seminar. He urged the students to take full benefit out of such activities.
Rotary Club Rupnagar organises health seminar at IIT Ropar. Apart from others, PDG Chetan Aggarwal, Past President Prof. B S Satyal, DS Deol, Dr Bhim Sain, Gurpreet Singh, Incoming President Rotarian Kulwant Singh, Rotarian Ashok Chadha, Tejpal, Prof. I S Tyagi, Suman Tyagi were also present.
