By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 31st July:- 12th I J Dewan Memorial Educational Workshop on
“Organs Talk: Time to take prevention” organized for high school children by
the Department of Anatomy, PGIMER, Chandigarh concluded today.
ver 600 students from 13 schools of Tricity,
Ambala, Pinjore, Sangrur and Lehragaga got an opportunity to learn about the
ill-effects of unhealthy life style like smoking, drinking alcohol, driving
without helmet, consuming junk food, excessive use of cell phones and
consequences of antibiotic abuse on human body organs through posters and
demonstrations. Actual specimens of normal and diseased organs like cirrhotic
liver, smoker's lungs, lungs affected by cancer and fatty heart were displayed
at the workshop.
According to Dr Daisy Sahni, Head, department
of Anatomy, the main aim of this workshop was to educate the young children
about benefits of healthy living to enable them to realize the futility of
unhealthy lifestyle, which leads to an irreversible ordeal of diseases.
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