Meditation is the ultimate remedy for all diseases–Dr. Satish Gupta

Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 6:56 PM
A Seminar on act and science of meditation

Ludhiana: 12 March 2017: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

Dr. Satish Gupta–the Rajyoga Meditation Practitioner and the Principal Investigator and Coordinator of 'Coronary Artery Disease Regression through Healthy and Happy Heart Lifestyle Module' – a multidisciplinary research project since 1995 at J. Watumull Global Hospital and Research Centre under Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University, Mount Abu, was here in Ludhiana on Sunday evening at Guru Nanak Public School Auditorium, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana to teach Ludhianvis the act and science of meditation for happy, healthy life. A number of national and international awards are to his credit in the field of medicine, meditation, and cardiology.

The program was organized by Ludhiana District branch of Brahma Kumaris organization under the leadership of B.K. Raj Didi Ji.BK Amir Chand director Punjab Zone and BK Saras didi were also present there. Mayor of Ludhiana Harcharan Singh Golbadiya and chairman GNPS S Jasbir Singh also attended the program.

While quenching the thirst of the audience regarding happy healthy living in a natural way, Dr. Gupta apprised the various causes of diseases in the present scenario, in contrast, to need and technique of meditation to stay healthy. Dr. Gupta is globally renowned for clearing the blockages of coronary arteries without surgery, mere by lifestyle modifications, diet, exercise, through process charge and mediation.

He further elaborated that generally, we live in body and role consciousness, whereas we need o lie in soul consciousness. We all try to treat bodily ailments, whereas the root cause is at our mental and spiritual level. In very simple but scientific way he made the public understand that more than 200 lifestyle diseases prevalent in our society live HT, DM. hyper/hypothyroidism, obesity, cardiac diseases, cancer, stroke, skin-lung diseases, high cholesterol, GI diseases etc. and also the increasing road accidents, suicides, social riots are also linked to mental causes life – anger, anxiety, fear, tension, stress, greed, lust, ego, hostile nature etc.

He clarified the meaning of the word 'Human Being'. Human is from 'Humus' mean 'soil' and being means 'soul' – the difference is of 'I' and 'U'. Out of the two 'soul and the associated mind' & intellect be given priority instead of humus/soil/body.

We are living very inadvertently with wrong dietary, sleep, and behavioral patterns. We eat, drink and live for the sake of our body only and take no care of soul and mind. We need to control, reframe and organize our thoughts to get rid of all ailments of physical, mental, social, spiritual level. Its the only ultimate remedy to realize and revise time and again.

We all are living souls and the Supreme God is the Father of all of us. We need to realize the connection between Him and us and the brotherly connection among us also. If we take care of our inner-self then out-self will automatically be corrected and healed. He explained the 7 basic qualities of soul like knowledge. Happiness, peace, love, bliss, purity and power. He apprised the audience how ASIA i.e. Analysis, Synthesis, Integration, Assimilation can help to overcome live evils i.e. lust anger, greed, attachment, ego.

He gave a very effective, simple practice of mediation and taught how to make the relation between I soul as a son and the Supreme Soul God as the father to gain powers to heal and be happy.

Heart Awareness program was organized by Fortis Hospital

Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:39 PM
Heart Saving Tips explained By Dr.Paramdeep Singh Sandhu

Ludhiana, 10^th March, 2015: (Shalu Arora//Punjab Screen): 

Heart Awareness program was organized by Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana. More than­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 80 patients and their relatives attended the programme. Separate rounds of Interaction were held and a lot of queries regarding Heart problems were resolved. The whole session was followed by question-answer round on various scenarios of daily life.

Programme was held under the supervision of Dr.Sandhu. Giving information regarding heart attack and their causes Dr.Paramdeep Sandhu Consultant Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana said

• Forty per cent patients with heart attacks in India are less than 40 years of age. In contrast, only 4 per cent patients with heart attacks in Caucasians are less than 40 years of age.

• Regular exercise for at least 30 minutes every day, consuming 5 to 6 servings of fruits and green vegetables, consuming 1 to 2 alcoholic drinks per day give protection against heart attacks.

• Smoking more than 20 cigarettes or bidis per day increase the risk of heart attack by 5 times, 10 to 19 cigarettes or bidis increases the risk by 3 times. Quitting smoking at any age nullifies this risk in 3 years. Even reducing smoking to a minimum helps.

• If you are a diabetic your chance of having a heart attack in the next 7 years is 10 times more than a non-diabetic, everything remaining the same.

• All diabetics more than 30 years of age must take 75 mgs of aspirin, atorvastatin or simvastatin in appropriate dose and measures to keep blood pressure less than 130/80 mms Hg besides a meticulous sugar control under medical supervision. This minimises the heightened risk.

• Psycho-social stress is an important risk factor in the causation of heart attacks. It leads to increased secretion of adrenalin, chronic stress raises the blood pressure, invites diabetes and constricts the arteries of heart.

• Pollution with finely particulated fumes leads to heart attacks. These fumes bypass the filtration process of the lungs and set up inflammation at vulnerable points in blood vessels, especially of the heart, and can lead to sudden clotting of blood leading to a heart attack.

• Illnesses like influenza, common during season change, may cause heart attack in high risk individuals. Inflammation produced by these illnesses can lead to swelling spreading to arteries of the heart and lead to heart attacks. The smoke and smog in these seasons, especially during winter, is also unhealthy for the heart.

• The first few hours after sustaining a heart attack are crucial for recognition and treatment. Treating a heart attack within first 2 to 3 hours can reduce the chances of dying from 15 per cent to 3 per cent.

• One tablet of aspirin chewed as soon as possible after a heart attack reduces the chances of dying by 15 per cent. Even a strong suspicion of a heart attack (chest discomfort lasting for more than 10 to 15 minutes associated with shortness of breath, profuse sweating etc) is enough evidence to administer this wonder drug.

• The normal blood pressure at all ages is less than 120/80 mms Hg. Every 20 mms increase in systolic and 10 mms diastolic pressure beyond this level doubles the risk of a heart attack and stroke.

• Reducing BP by 2 mms Hg reduces the chance of dying of a heart attack by 7 per cent and brain stroke by 10 per cent.

• Low levels of good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) are associated with higher chance of getting a heart attack. Forty per cent Indians have low levels of HDL cholesterol. The levels of less than 40 mgs in men and 50 mgs in women are defined as low levels.

Increasing HDL cholesterol reduces this heightened risk. 1mg increase in HDL cholesterol is associated with 6% reduction in dying from a heart attack.

Methods to increase HDL cholesterol are regular exercise, weight reduction, and increase in consumption of omega 3 fatty acids (olive oil, mustard oil, almonds, walnuts, cold water fish like salmon, trout etc) and alcohol in moderation.

Also present on the occasion were Mr.Vivan Gill, Facility Director, Dr.Harpreet Brar, Admin Head, Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana.

 

A Tale of 3 Generations Connected By Heart Surgery

Armed Forces men hate to be tied down

Ludhiana,5th March, 2014: (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria):

Wg Cdr (Retd) HS Bhullar was in a bit of a worry. He had suffered a heart attack and his tests showed that he had severe heart disease with a risk of a further heart attack. He came to DrHarinder Singh Bedi , Head of Cardio Vascular, Thoracic and Endovascular Surgery, CMC College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. And that started a chain of events.

In DrBedi’s words – “Cdr Bhullar walked into my Clinic – ramrod straight – a dignified elderly fit man. I knew immediately that he was from the Armed Forces–you can retire a man from the Armed Forces but you cannot take the Armed Forces culture out of the man. “Doc–I need bypass surgery“he said in a no nonsense way. I went through his records. He had suffered a major heart attack and his angiogram showed critical blocks. His heart functioning was labored. He was a retired Wing Commander (WgCdr) of the Indian Air Force (IAF). “Just fix me up good“– was all he said. No questions about risks, complications etc. His wife–a graceful lady–maintained a brave stoicfront too–though I could make out that she was very worried.”

Cdr Bhullar successfully underwent a bypass surgery .The surgery went well. His heart bounced back to normal. He was ‘fast tracked’ in the ICU. Armed Forces men hate to be tied down. Action and discipline is in their blood. These qualities stay for life – thank God for that!  By Day 1 – he was sitting in a chair reading the paper. Day 2 – he combed his hair and tidied himself up. He had to look smart to the nurses – you see! He went home on the 6th day.

On his 1st post op visit he was smartly turned out (Pic 1). “I tied my turban myself” – he proudly told Dr. Bedi. All systems were good. In Dr.Bedi’s office his eyes alighted on Dr.Bedi’sfather’s (Major retd KMS Bedi) photo (Pic 2). CdrBhullar recollected that he had flown him in his Dakota with a bunch of paratroopers in Dec 1971. Armed forces men (i e Army, Air Force, Navy) have an unwritten code of mutual respect for each other. CdrBhullar was referring to the war of liberation of Bangladesh. Dr.Bedi also recollected that he was in school then in Dehradun and that somehow all children found it fun although he knew that his dad was in the thick of battle. There was curfew in Dehradun, the children dug trenches in school, had mock drills, and had total enforced blackout at night while preparing for final school exams in candle light.

Major (retd) KMS Bediwas a paratrooper (a.k.a – the red devils – because of their maroon turbans / berets) in the SFF of India (the then secret and decorated Establishment 22) and had been parachuted behind enemy lines in Chittagong with his men. They were part of the brave effort by the Indian Army and MuktiBahini in getting the Pakistani forces to surrender. Anyway the WgCdr (then Flt Lt) flew the DC3 popularly called the Dakota which was used in the 1971 war. As per his memory – it was a twin prop piston engine aircraft which could seat 28 fully armed paratroopers. It had a cruising speed of 150 Mph and range of over 1000 miles. Thus it could fly nonstop from Delhi to Bombay! CdrBhullar said that he remembered the sortie where he dropped Major Bediand his troops. Both the Armed Forces men (separated by 25 years in age) waxed nostalgically about the war days.

DrBedi remarked that it was the nice coincidence of heart surgery which had brought these 3 generations together . The other members of the Heart Team involved in the surgery are Dr S Garg, Dr A Joseph, Dr Jedidiah, Dr P Jain, DrArlin, DrAnjali ,DrJesina , Mr William Prem and MrJairus .

DrAbrahan G Thomas – Director of CMC & H – reiterated the commitment of the CMC to serve the Armed Forces who have done so much for safeguarding the integrity of our Country.

A Tale of 3 Generations Connected By Heart Surgery

Another child gets new lease of life at CMC

Cherubic Child With Heart Disease from the valley

Ludhiana, 17th June, 2013:(Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria):Mr Mohd Hanif and Mrs Noorbano of Srinagar are extremely happy parents today. Their lovely angelic child – Baby Rakina – aged 2 years was suffering form a major heart defect (large hole in the heart) which was damaging her heart and lungs. Rakina was not growing according to their age and would get recurrent infections. She would land up in the emergency room of the hospital in J & K time and again. The parents were told that Rakina needed an early heart surgery. However Mohd Hanif – a labourer was unable to collect the money required. He was then were referred to Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – Head of Cardiac Surgery at the CMC & H Ludhiana. On investigation it was realized that only a major open heart surgery could save Rakina as her heart was close to its terminal condition. Dr Bedi who has had advanced training in the treatment of such cases at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Australia said that if untreated the lungs of such children get damaged beyond repair . In co-ordination with the Director – Dr Abraham G Thomas and Dr Jugesh Chattwal Prof and Head Paediatrics – it was decided to perform the high risk case under the Gift of Life scheme funded by the CMC Alumni USA and the UMSF USA.

A major heart surgery was done wherein Rakina’s body was placed on a heart lung machine, the heart stopped and put on ice and the hole in the heart repaired. Dr Bedi said that there were some tense moments when the heart lung machine was stopped. However by Gods grace – Rakina’s heart recovered immediately. Dr Chattwal said that Rakina’s heart is now normal and she can now lead a normal healthy life. The other members of the team during the marathon surgery were Dr S Garg, Dr Melchi, Dr Allen, Dr Anish,Dr Aradhana, Dr Shipra and Dr Neethu  . The delicate control of the heart lung machine was done by Mr William and Mr Jairus.

Dr Abraham G Thomas – Director of CMC said that the Institute is fully geared to take care of such children with heart defects. Dr Bedi told that it was only because of the strong backup of the CMC faculty and infrastructure that most of the heart defects could be safely treated in CMC.

...And his 20 year old son got a new life

CMC Heart surgeons breathe life into hopeless case 

In a happy mood Ramandeep with Dr Harinder Singh Bedi and faculty of CTVS department of CMC & H

Ludhiana, 11th August, 2012: (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria):
Mr Ramandeep Singh - the 20 year old son of Mr Sohan Singh of Ludhiana   - had a massive accident while driving a scooter. A large piece of bamboo fence went through into his body from his left neck into his right chest. He was transferred to the Christian Medical College and Hospital from a local hospital. Here he was seen by Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – Head of Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgery. Mr Ramandeep was in shock and very unstable. He had lost about 3 litres of blood in his right chest and was not able to breathe. He was taken for emergency surgery. The bleeding was found to be a torrential one which could not be adequately controlled because the right lung was solidified due to the injury and was interfering with the exposure. So a rapid decision was made to stop the lungs by putting the patient on a special heart lung machine. Dr Bedi explained that in this rarest of rare cases the only option was to stop the lungs and the only way to do this was to use a sophisticated heart lung machine which takes over the function of the lungs (the machine has a special area through which oxygen is pumped in and purifies the blood just as a normal lung would). The massive bleeder was identified as a complete transection of the origin of the subclavian artery. The torrential blood coming out of this tear was pumped back into the patient. The tear was now controlled and an imported graft used to restore continuity so that the right hand of   would be saved.
Even after the surgery the right lung continued to be non functional due to the massive trauma. So a special method of ventilation called independent lung ventilation was carried out. Here the left and right lungs were separately ventilated with 2 machines, made a slow but complete recovery.
The intricate respiratory care was done under the supervision of the cardiac anesthetists Dr S Garg and Dr Melchi. The other members of the team are Dr A Joseph, Dr Anish Verghese, Dr Pratap, Dr Meenu, Dr Ashwin, and Dr Nina. The heart lung machine was handled by Mr Jairus Wilson and Mr William Prem Sagar aided by Mr Mathew.
Dr AG Thomas – Director of CMC & H – said that it was the quick thinking on the part of the surgical team which was instrumental in saving Ramandeep   . He reiterated the commitment of the CMC & H to serve the people of the community with the highest level of care and expertise.

A new success by Dr. H S Bedi at CMC Ludhiana

Rare major open heart surgery saves  a new life
Ludhiana, 16th July, 2012 (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria)

Mr Vikas Masih – a   35 year old teacher – was in a very serious condition. He had developed a large blood clot in his lungs – a condition called massive pulmonary embolism – due to which he was not able to breathe. He was referred to Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – Head of Cardio Vascular Endovascular & Thoracic Surgery at the Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana. On examination and investigation Dr Bedi realized that Mr Vikas was in imminent danger of death as his oxygen levels were dangerously low. This was damaging his brain and kidneys.
He had already been put on maximal medical therapy including the latest blood thinners at another hospital – but they did not work. The only option to save his life now was a major and rare open heart surgery called pulmonary thrombo-endarterectomy. Dr Bedi said that the surgery is done on a heart lung machine but additionally for a short period of time the circulation even through the heart lung machine has to be stopped. This is called circulatory arrest and is like totally stopping the heart and the lungs - both the natural and artificial ones.
Dr Bedi explained that this is because otherwise the blockage in the lungs cannot be seen clearly. During the tense 10 minutes while the patient was ‘clinically dead’ - on no circulation at all – his lungs were totally cleared of all the deadly clot. Dr Bedi is a pioneer in this field and in fact has trained in this rare surgery at the St Vincents Hospital in Sydney. However this was a very challenging case as Vikas is very young and this extent of disease was unexpected.
The other members of the Heart team are Dr A Joseph, Dr Sheetal Garg, Dr Melchi, Dr Paul, Dr Reenus ,  Dr Dinesh, Dr Pratap, Dr William, Dr Pearl,  Dr Savan, Dr Meenu, DR Nina and Dr Ashwin  . The heart lung machine was manned by Mr Jairus and Mr William – who are the senior most perfusionists of Punjab – along with Mr Mathew.
Dr Abraham G Thomas – Director of CMC & H – said that the CMC was committed to bringing the latest technology to Punjab so that the people of this area were given the best possible therapy.   A new success by Dr. H S Bedi at CMC Ludhiana