Apollo heart package at Rs 799

Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, will be hosting complimentary health checkup camps from 630am to 830am on September 30 at locations like the Central Park in Salt Lake and Southern Avenue as part of a series of cardiac health related activities to celebrate World Heart Day being held on September 30 this year.

The hospital was also offering a special Smart Heart Check up at Rs 799.

To be available till October 15, the package included tests like fasting blood sugar, lipid profile, ECG, Echo screening or Stress Test (TMT) followed by a consultation with cardiologist.

Apollo's first event was an awareness session with heart specialists called Heart to Heart Talks at the Apollo Gleneagles Heart Centre in Gariahat.

A similar awareness session was also organized for a firm in the information technology (IT) sector in Kolkata's Salt Lake at its premises on September 26th.

On September 28, public quiz contests were held at two of the busiest shopping malls in the city to spread health awareness.

According to the World Health Organization, globally cardio-vascular diseases like heart attacks and strokes are the largest killers, claiming 17.5 million lives a year.

Conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, dyslipidemia, or abnormal lipid condition, were now seen even amongst young people often leading to cardiac problems.

World Heart Day was being celebrated to spread awareness about a healthy heart.

This year, September 30th was chosen as World Heart Day to create awareness about heart ailments, their treatments and prevention for people from all walks of life, said hospital sources.