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District Collector Himanshu Shukla formally inaugurated a dedicated toll-free helpline fig for epilepsy patients — 1800-424-0060 — connected the juncture of International Epilepsy Day astatine Narayana Hospital successful Nellore connected Monday. He interacted with the aesculapian students during an consciousness programme astatine the hospital.
“The aesculapian students whitethorn already beryllium alert of epilepsy, and it is the corporate work of everyone to dispersed consciousness among the wide public. The humanity successful nine should not decline. As radical respond to a occupation wrong the family, they should respond successful the aforesaid mode erstwhile a occupation occurs successful the society,” the Collector said.
Narayana Medical College Dean Dr. P. Srinivasulu Reddy said that International Epilepsy Day is observed each twelvemonth connected the 2nd Monday of February. He stated that astir 10-12 cardinal radical successful India are affected by epilepsy. To assistance code this successful the district, the peculiar toll-free fig was inaugurated by the Collector.
Narayana Hospital Department of Neurology Head Dr. N. S. Sampath Kumar said that respective consciousness programmes connected epilepsy had been conducted successful the past. However, this twelvemonth the absorption is to supply intelligence enactment to epilepsy patients, helping them attain state from seizures, and reinforcing the connection that beingness is not constricted by epilepsy.
