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Cultural treat: Rajasthani folk dancers performing at the MTNL Perfect Health Mela in New Delhi on Saturday. NEW DELHI: The 15th MTNL Perfect Health Mela was formally thrown open to the public here on Saturday after inauguration by New Delhi Municipal Council chairman Parimal Rai. The mela is being organised jointly by the Heart Care Foundation of India, NDMC, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, the Central Department of Science and Technology and various departments of the Delhi Government. Over 250 stalls have been put up at the mela which will remain open up to October 27. A major focus of the mela is on lifestyle interventions and preventive health-care highlighting the need for regular check-ups, health awareness and health education. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in her message expressed concern over the growing incidence of various diseases and health disorders and urged the medical community to devise an innovative and cost-effective strategy to contain the spread of such ailments and ensure a disease-free society. Delhi Health Minister Yoganand Shastri said there was a need to organise awareness campaigns especially in slum clusters, trans-Yamuna areas and unauthorised clusters which together account for over 60 per cent of the Capital’s population. Mela president Dr. K. K. Aggarwal called upon medical professionals to check increasing commercialisation of medical services which had the effect of making even the best of medical care out of reach of the common people. Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta in his message said a large number of diseases like blindness, malaria, AIDS and heart ailments require urgent attention of the medical community. He appealed to the medical fraternity to give 10 per cent of their time to community service. Principal Secretary (Health) Rakesh Bihari pointed out that the right approach in treating health problems lay in primary prevention with a public awareness campaign such as the ongoing health mela.
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