Screening for cab and auto drivers proposed

Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundi Rao on Thursday, the Legislative Assembly, the cardiac arrest is prone to automatic and taxi drivers will be made for a separate screening.
A. MANJU (JD-S) asked the HD Revanna question asked by the former name, “Pollution, too much sleep and uncertain food habits cause heart attacks. The government is especially talking to automobile and taxi drivers associations to address health programs.”
Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil said that a committee chaired by the Jayadeva Cardiovascular Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Ravindranath, Research Director Ravindranath, was established to look at the deaths due to a heart attack in Hassan. The report was presented, which said that more than 75% of people have more than one medical condition that is dangerous to the heart.
Dr. Patil said that the main causes of cardiac arrests are inadequate physical activity, unhealthy food habits, working pressure, body weight, excessive drinking, diabetes, blood pressure or family heart attack.
Published – 15 August 2025 04:02 am Ist

