Awareness Stressed To Avoid Kidney Diseases Held At Lahore General Hospital

On the eve of World Kidney Day, an awareness walk and seminar were held at Lahore General Hospital (LGH) on Thursday. Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Prof. Dr. Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab and renowned medical experts addressed the medical students.

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2018 ) :On the eve of World Kidney Day, an awareness walk and seminar were held at Lahore General Hospital (LGH) on Thursday. Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Prof.

Dr. Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab and renowned medical experts addressed the medical students. Two patients who got their kidneys successfully and free of cost transplanted from Lahore General Hospital were guests of honor on this occasion.

Theme of this seminar held at Punjab Institute of Neuro Sciences was "Kidneys & Women's Health, Include, Value, and Empower". The Principal PGMI said that it is high time that general public be informed about basic principles of health so they could opt preventive measures at every stage.

He said that every person related to the medical field is duty bound to give awareness to the patient on possible disease. Prof. Sajjad Hussain, Prof. Tariq Salauddin, Prof. Muhammad Nazir, MS Dr.

Mehmood Salahuddin, Prof.

Hafiz Shehbaz Ashraf, Dr. Aurangzeb Faisal, Razia Bano Dr. Shah Jahan and other speakers highlighted the complications, symptoms and modern treatment of kidney diseases and asserted that one should not wait at home and immediately contact proper doctor and hospital.

Prof. Sajjad Hussain said that women are more in kidney problems in number as compare to men. "In Pakistan we have different problems like polluted water, quacks own made sexual medicines and heavy use of substandard edibles," he added.

Prof. Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab appreciated the holding of such seminar and walk and said that media should play it's role effectively. Other speakers said that high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and use of alcohol are main causes of kidneys failure and being an important part of body everyone must take care especially of kidneys.

A large number of medical students participated in walk where they were holding placards for awareness of general public.