Growing burden of dementia highlighted in Guntur

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Dr. Vijaya, HOD, Department of Neurology, Lalitha Group of Hospitals addressing an consciousness  programme connected  Alzheimer’s disease, successful  Guntur connected  Saturday.

Dr. Vijaya, HOD, Department of Neurology, Lalitha Group of Hospitals addressing an consciousness programme connected Alzheimer’s disease, successful Guntur connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: T. VIJAYA KUMAR

Lalitha Group of Hospitals organised an consciousness programme connected Saturday to people World Alzheimer’s Day, observed globally connected September 21, to rise consciousness astir dementia.

The event, held nether the enactment of Dr. Vijaya, caput of Neurology, brought unneurotic module from neurology and psychiatry departments. Dr. Vijaya highlighted the increasing load of dementia successful India, noting that 7.4 per cent of radical implicit 60 — astir 88 lakh individuals — were affected. She cautioned that the numbers were expected to treble by 2030 and triple by 2050. Globally, a caller lawsuit is diagnosed each 3 seconds, she added.  

Senior neurologists and psychiatrists spoke connected symptoms, hazard factors, treatments, and intelligence challenges. The sheet stressed prevention done steadfast manner practices specified arsenic exercise, diet, intelligence activity, societal engagement, and accent management. Over 150 patients and members of the nationalist attended and actively interacted with the experts.  

Published - September 20, 2025 08:30 p.m. IST

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