Shillong, June 23: The Department of Cardiology has hosted a seminar on “Heart is what our mind is – Health is in our mind” at NEIGRIHMS premises. The guest speaker Dr. S. K. Sahu from Global Hospital and Research Centre, Mount Abu, Gujurat has made an excellent presentation on various aspect of mind, body connection and stressed upon the rising stress in the contemporary world and told that 60% of all the diseases has its origin in the mind and in fact the stress maybe even more dangerous than other life style patterns like smoking etc. Meditation is the best medicine to burst the stress and to prevent the rising menace of life style diseases like heart attacks, diabetes, hypertention etc.
Mr. P. K. Swain, Head of the Postal Services, North East Region has emphasized on various mechanisms by which mind and body are connected. Dr. Animesh Mishra, Head of the Department of Cardiology has stressed upon the inequities in the non material goods like spirituality, nature etc. are as bad a social evil as the rise in equalities in the material goods. The mantra to dispel these inequalities is the internal development of human kind through spiritual means.
Dr. Vandana Raphael, Dean, NEIGRIHMS and Ms. Catherine, Principal Nursing College, NEIGRIHMS shared their views on the relevance of such seminars for the prevention of non communicable diseases. The stewardship of Sis. Neelam from Brahmakumari, Shillong was a special grace of the function.(SP News)
