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A release by the Institute said as the brain is the most sensitive organ in the body, the cases of death and overwhelming disability associated with brain diseases are alarmingly high. The knowledge about the advances in the understanding and management of brain diseases has thus become paramount not just for doctors but also for general public. The main areas covered in the programme are epilepsy, head injuries and strokes. Epilepsy is extremely prevalent accounting for nearly 13 lakh epileptics living in Delhi alone. It affects all ages and has special consequences in growing years. Children with epilepsy are often misdiagnosed, mistreated, socially ostracized and denied education which results in physical, mental and emotional scarring. Stating that epilepsy is treatable, AIIMS said even the minor percentage of epileptics who are intractable to treatment have many advanced treatment available including surgery that are well established to alleviate the morbidity associated with epilepsy to a large extent. The release said AIIMS runs a comprehensive epilepsy programme that includes a clinic for the intractable epilepsy, the epilepsy surgery clinic, and dedicated paediatric neurology clinic. It also has a very large database on these areas on par with any large centre in the developed world. Further, KAP (Knowledge, Attitude and Practice) programmes are conducted by it at the community health level at several places including the Ballabgarh Rural Health Centre. Recently, AIIMS said, it has been projected that India will have the world's highest number of diabetics by the year 2020. Stating that this was largely due to the change in lifestyle in the society, it said the most vulnerable group was that of children. A direct consequence of diabetes is once again strokes and heart attacks.
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