Heart Care Foundation of India’s (HCFI) annual flagship event – the MTNL Perfect Health Mela

Heart Care Foundation of India’s (HCFI) annual flagship event – the MTNL Perfect Health Mela to be held from October 25th to 29th at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium

Commemorating 25 years of its inception, the theme for this year’s event will be ‘One Health.’

New Delhi, 14th September 2016: HCFI, a leading national non-profit organisation committed to making India a healthier and disease-free nation, today announced the dates and program of its flagship event, the MTNL Perfect Health Mela 2016. An annual event curated to spread mass health awareness using entertainment as a medium; the theme for this year’s event is “One Health”. The mela will be organised from October 25-29, 2016 at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi jointly with Health & F.W. Dept. NCT Delhi, MTNL, NDMC & other Central & Delhi state Government department. The Indian Medical Association will be extending its full support towards the event this year.
Speaking about the announcement, Padma Shri Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal, President HCFI & President Elect IMA said, “HCFI is committed to raising awareness about the various health issues in the country and providing solutions for them. As a part of this endeavour, we have been successfully organising the Perfect Health Mela for over two decades now. This is a special edition for us for we would be commemorating 25 years of the event. In this edition, the Perfect Health Mela will lay an increased focus on the importance of ‘One health’, a Global movement pressing the need for a collaborative effort of multiple disciplines — working locally, nationally, and globally — to attain optimal health for people, animals and the environment. I am extremely thankful to all our supporters, partners, and the participating schools and colleges for without their support none of this would be possible”.

“The IMA is committed to raising the standards of healthcare in our country and will this year again support the Perfect Health Mela. A platform that encourages preventive health and helps reach quality healthcare to the masses is in line with IMA’s objectives and aims”, added Dr Aggarwal in his capacity of Honorary Secretary General and President Elect IMA.

Started in 1993, the Perfect Health Mela caters to people from all age groups and all walks of life. It showcases activities across categories such as health education seminars, check-ups, entertainment programs, lifestyle exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and competitions. The Mela is attended by over 200 organisations each year including those from the State and Central government, PSUs, and leading corporates.

The various events being organised this year include the Harmony & Ecofest National inter-school competitions, IMA Godh Bharai, Anmol- inter-school competitions of children with special needs, Heritage National School Classical Dance Competitions, Divya Jyoti Medico Masti National Youth Competitions and a spiritual gurus conference on “All Faith Consensus on One Health”. Free medical checkups will be provided to all visitors.

Dr P K Sharma, Medical Health Officer, NDMC & the civic partner of the year’s Perfect Health Mela in a statement said, ‘We congratulate Heart Care Foundation of India on this initiative and we assure you that we will do all we can to make this year’s Perfect Health Mela a success”.

For more information about the event, please visit www.perfecthealthmela.com./ http://www.heartcarefoundation.org/ Entry to the Mela is free for all.

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About Heart Care Foundation of India
Initiated in 1986, the Heart Care Foundation of India is a leading National NGO working in the field of creating mass health awareness among people from all walks of life and providing solutions for India’s everyday healthcare needs. The NGO uses consumer-based entertainment modules to impart health education and increase awareness amongst people. A leading example of this is the Perfect Health Mela, an annual event started in 1993 that is attended by over 2-3 lakh people each year. The Mela showcases activities across categories such as health education seminars and check-ups, entertainment programs, lifestyle exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and competitions. In addition to this, the NGO conducts programs and camps to train people on the technique of hands only CPR through its CPR 10 mantra for revival after a sudden cardiac arrest. They currently hold three Limca book of world records for the maximum number of people trained in hands-only CPR in one go. Keeping article 21 of the Indian constitution in mind, which guarantees a person Right to Life, Heart Care Foundation of India has also recently initiated a project called the Sameer Malik Heart Care Foundation Fund to ensure that no one dies of a heart disease just because they cannot afford treatment.