By Tricitynews
Naraingarh 30th May:- World
No Tobacco Day was celebrated
at Sub-Divisional Hospital, Naraingarh today under the guidance of Dr.
Kathirvel S., Assistant Professor and Faculty In-charge, RHTC- Naraingarh, Department
of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh in
collaboration with Senior Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Naraingarh. Dr.
Nikita Sharma (Senior Resident), Dr. Nairita Dalui(Junior Resident), Dr.
Pallavi Sharma (Junior resident), Dr. Ravali Vogeti (Junior resident), Dr.
Ashok Gupta (Pediatrician), Dr. Ram Prakash (Medical officer), Mr. Jagdish
Chand (MPHW), and other health staff were present.
The
theme was “Tobacco and Lung Health”, so the main emphasis was on creating awareness
regarding harmful effects of tobacco on lungs in general population. Dr. Nikita
Sharma welcomed the audience. She spoke about harmful effects of smoking and
smokeless tobacco. She also emphasized on lung diseases in non–smoking
population, due to second hand smoking among woman.
Dr.
Ravali Vogeti spoke about harmful effects of tobacco in children. She made
people aware of increasing incidents of childhood asthma, the underlying cause
being second-hand smoke. She explained that smoking in front of children are
not only contributing to increasing lung diseases among them, but also its
impact on child psychology. Children used to copy their elders. Smoking in
front of children may turn them into a smoker in later life. She requested the
audience to refrain from smoking in front of children.
Dr.
Pallavi Sharma spoke about effect of smoking in pregnant ladies, both in mother
and baby. She told that smoking can affect the outcome of pregnancy in terms of
low birth weight babies, preterm babies, babies with congenital malformation.
It can also cause infertility, recurrent abortion, and ectopic pregnancy in
woman. She explained how smoking can affect brain and heart development
of a newborn. And all of them can happen due to second hand smoke also.
Dr.
Nikita concluded the session by the take home message, ‘Stop smoking,
especially to safeguard children and pregnant ladies’. She also requested the
audience to spread the message to friends, relatives and neighbors. She also
asked the audience to utilize the de-addiction services provided by psychiatry
team of RHTC Naraingarh at room number 11 on every Wednesday for quitting
smoking and alcohol use.
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