Doctors and medical students took out an awareness walk in Patna to mark World Heart Day, urging citizens to get blood pressure and cholesterol checked regularly. The event drew attention to heart disease, which remains among India’s biggest killers.

Prevention message

Physicians at the walk stressed simple, consistent habits: thirty minutes of daily activity, less salt and tobacco, and timely medication for hypertension and diabetes. Free screening camps accompanied the march.

H1N1 caution in Delhi

Separately, health officials in the capital flagged a seasonal uptick in H1N1 cases, advising symptomatic patients to test early and isolate. Hospitals have been asked to keep isolation beds and antiviral stocks ready.

Seasonal watch

With weather shifting, doctors advise masks in crowded indoor settings for the vulnerable and flu shots for the elderly. Public health teams say surveillance will continue through the festival season.