Age is not a bar anymore for Heart Problem

Famous Footballer Christian Eriksen, Denmark’s midfielder, suffered a heart attack and collapsed during the Euro 2020 football match against Finland in Copenhagen on June 12, 2021. This incident raised the eyebrows of the whole world. The fact that a finely tuned high performing athlete can have a heart attack, shook the world.

Eriksen had a cardiac arrest in his late 20s. Hence, if you think you are not at risk for heart diseases because you don’t fit the stereotype of an older man experiencing a massive heart attack, then you may have a false sense of security. Fitness and good health are not enough to ward off cardiac problems.
It is not yet known what caused Eriksen to collapse and his heart to stop. However, the doctors said that maybe he has a congenital condition that has not been picked up till now. Congenital heart disease is a general term for a range of birth defects that affect the heart’s normal working process. “Congenital” means the condition is present from birth. Congenital heart disease is one of the most common types of birth defect.

Most Common Heart Disease Among Young Adults

Cardiovascular diseases would be the largest cause of death and disability in India by 2020 as per a World Health Organisation (WHO) report. The average age of people with heart ailments is coming down.

Common heart disease among young adults is Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) occurs at a younger age with over 50% of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) mortality occurring in individuals aged less than 50 years.

Conventional Coronary Artery Disease predominates the number of heart attacks in young adults. About 80% of heart attacks in young adults happens because of CAD, and nearly 60% of these patients suffer from a disease of just one Coronary Artery. The number of arteries increases in the case of older patients.

Though CAD deserves most of our attention, other causes of heart attacks should also be paid attention to. Nearly 4% of heart attacks in young adults are caused by inborn abnormalities while another 5% are triggered by blood clots, originated somewhere else and carried in the bloodstream to normal Coronary Arteries to create a blockage. Various disorders of the blood clotting system increase the risk of clot formation throughout the circulatory system by another 5%. Another 6% includes a wide range of problems like spasm or inflammation, radiation therapy for chest tumours, chest trauma or abuse of drugs like cocaine and others.
Most young adults are affected by high rates of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension and smoking. These major risk factors tend to bring a heart attack almost 33% earlier than the usual age and often without a prior warning. Each of these problems is tragic in itself, but it is both common and preventable through some precaution.

Some different types of heart disease

• Coronary heart disease
• Arrhythmia
• Heart failure
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Myocardial infarction

Factors that cause heart disease

•Diabetes
•Hypertension
•Smoking
•Family history of premature heart disease
•Alcohol consumption
•Physical inactivity

Symptoms- One may feel pain in the chest along with gastrointestinal indigestion or nausea. Another symptom is light-headedness or sweating, the most commonly seen symptom is fast heart rate or shortness of breath. One can also have no symptoms apart from a little discomfort.
When to See a Doctor
In any case of chest discomfort or chest pain, even if there is a little shortness of breath or any incident of fainting one should immediately consult the doctor.

Obesity, the silent killer at play during lockdown

Lockdown during this pandemic has introduced sedentary habits. As a result of personal restrictions, sedentary lifestyles, alcohol consumption and substance abuse increased. These new regime increased the risk of death from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases(CVD) , which are the leading cause of the global mortality rate . Along with the rising rate of risk factors of CVDs there is also a surge in the number of non-communicable diseases (NCD)- related mortality rate.

How Unhealthy Lifestyle Impacts in Weight Gain

How might unhealthy habits effect our health?

Average self-reported weight gain (kg) associated with unhealthy diet and lifestyle behaviors during lockdown in the UK

The lack of physical activities, unhealthy food habits along with disturbed sleep cycle made this lockdown a heaven for obesity and related diseases. Obesity can contribute to heart diseases in three ways.

It is known fact that obesity can cause a spike in bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels, but it also can lower high-density lipoproteins (HDL) i.e. good cholesterol. HDL cholesterol plays an important part in removing the bad cholesterol and working towards reducing the risk for heart diseases.

Obese individuals require more blood to supply oxygen and nutrients to their bodies, which causes an increase in blood pressure. Their body also requires more pressure to move the blood around. High blood pressure is a common cause of heart-attack, which is sadly more common for obese individuals.

Obesity leads to diabetes, which is one of the major indicator of heart diseases. According to the American Heart Association, at least 68 percent of people aged 65 or older with diabetes also have heart disease. While individuals with diabetes are said to be two to four times more likely to be at risk for heart disease, the American Heart Association also lists diabetes as being one of the top seven major controllable factors to prevent heart disease.

Fortunately there are some measure you can take to lose weight and reduce the risk of developing heart diseases. This process towards better health goes through regular exercises and balanced nutritious diet.

Weight Gained and Weight Unchanged Chart

One should consult their doctors about creating an appropriate diet and exercise plan.

Association between body mass index (BMI) of the participants and weight gain during the quarantine (%). * p < 0.05 compared with normal BMI (z test with Bonferroni correction).

DESUN Hospital Assures Timely and Appropriate Medical Treatment

The Most Reliable and Recommended Hospital

DESUN hospital Kolkata is one of the best medical infrastructure. Desun hospital assures of timely medical treatment for patients in need of immediate treatment in any medical emergency like heat attack, stroke, burns, coma, accidents. Desun is one of the best hospitals just not in Kolkata West Bengal, Kolkata but East of India for planned and emergency surgeries. It is a NABH accredited hospital.

24 HOURS MEDICAL EMERGENCY

Desun hospital has 24 hours medical emergency facility. The emergency facility is open even at midnight and on all public holidays 365 days a year for 24 hours.

The emergency management team is agile and well organized starting from receiving an emergency phone call over the dedicated emergency number 9051715171 and then on the ambulance assistance is coordinated as soon as the patient shares the required details, by the time the patient reaches the hospital the team of doctors, medical staff is ready and also the patient bed is ready so that there is minimum loss of waiting time, admission formalities are kept simple so that things can move quickly and rest of the things can be done later. The entire emergency management department is well trained to attend things as per priority.

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS

Desun hospital 24 hours dedicated medical emergency contact number is 9051715171.

The Desun Mobile APP (Android APP) also has emergency contact facility and it is available in Google Play Store for free download.

The Desun hospital website www.desunhospital.com also has the emergency numbers mentioned along with other details. Mobile web users can access www.desunhospital.com/mobile

AMBULANCE ASSISTANCE

24 Hours ambulance assistance is available in Kolkata and all districts of West Bengal. The ambulance network will send ambulance from the nearest location of the patient. The patient or the patient family members will let know the location and the ambulance will reach as per availability. Just call 9051715171 or 8697721124 , 8334031345

People using the Desun Mobile APP can connect the ambulance from the APP only

MEDICAL EMERGENCY ADMISSION

The medical emergency admission procedure at Desun hospital is easy and simple. It is designed to reduce time and also enable the hospital offer timely medical treatment to the patient. There is facility and helpdesk for cash patients, PPN and mediclaim patients, corporate medical insurance and corporate patients.

Be it heart attack, stroke, coma, accidents, burns, chest pain, abdominal pain or any health problem Desun hospital emergency admission facility is available for immediate medical attention.

SPECIALIST DOCTORS 24 HOURS

Specialist doctors are available even at midnight at Desun hospital. Specialist doctors helps in early diagnosis and also quick start of appropriate treatment. Be it heart (cardiac), brain, spine, kidneys, liver, gastrointestinal or any accident or burns specialist doctors attend patients quickly.

BURNS UNIT

Desun hospital is among the very few private hospitals in eastern India to have Burns Unit. Desun is equipped to manage burns patients and there is full team of doctors, medical staff and burns unit for such patients.

IN-HOUSE MEDICAL TESTS

Desun hospital has NABL accredited laboratory for conducting major and required tests in-house. This allows the patient family members and patient to get accurate test results quickly and in ease.

Many superspeciality tests are also conducted at Desun. The medical test facility is open 24 hours for in-patients at Desun.

IN-HOUSE PHARMACY

The pharmacy is open 24 hours and has stock of prescribed medicine. The medicine supply chain is maintained efficiently.

CONNECT to DESUN HOSPITAL

Location

It is very easy to contact Desun hospital in any medical emergency or for planned visits and surgery. The complete address with road map is available at Desun Hospital Website – http://www.desunhospital.com/contact.php

Desun More, Kasba Golpark, EM Bypass, Kolkata- 700 107, India

Phone Numbers

Call the dedicated emergency mobile phone number 9051715171.

For planned visits for doctors appointment, second opinion before surgery, surgery package cost one can call at  the landline number 033-71222000 .

PLANNED SURGERY CASES

Desun hospital has more than 700 heart and non heart related surgery packages. All surgery packages are inclusive of common medical requirements of patient and surgery. The surgery packages mostly include OT charges, doctor team fees and medicine, consumables etc. The special needs as per particular patients or other health related problems are included and packages are customized for particular patient needs and medical requirements.

Heart Related Surgery Packages

The surgeries and procedures for heart or cardiac includes Angioplasty (PTCA) , Heart Bypass (CABG) , Permanent Pacemaker (PPI) or cardiac pacemaker , Heart Valve Replacement, Cardiac Devices and many more heart related surgery packages.

Non-Heart Related Surgery Packages

The Non-Heart related surgery packages includes surgery for Joint Replacement, Arthroscopic Surgery, Kidney, Urology Surgery, General Surgery, Hernia, Neurological, Brain, Spine, Gynecological (Gynaecological) Surgery, Orthopedic (Orthopaedic), Pancreas, Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) , Head and Neck, Surgical Oncology and Angiogram (CAG)

Latest Cardiac Surgeries: High Success Rate in Critical and Emergency Surgeries

Cardiac Health Today

Today cardiac problems is even impacting the mid age generation in India. The urban and semi urban cities and towns are adding to the number of patients. Mostly working professionals in their mid 40’s are at times victims of sudden heart attacks or diagnosed for cardiac problems by cardiologists or cardiac surgeons while checking for chest pain, blackouts and extreme fatigue with little activity.

DESUN Hospital Cardiac Care Facility

Desun Hospital has state of art facilities for managing any cardiac emergency and also for latest heart surgeries. The cost is affordable; the hospital has facility for cashless mediclaim (PPN listed hospital) and also payment in EMI facility (Equal Monthly Installments) for expensive cardiac surgeries.

Cardiac Emergency

Cardiac Emergency management success rate is very high due to a strong medical emergency management foundation created by Desun. The medical emergency management quick response teams consist of doctors, surgeons, medical staff and hospital administration people. The quick response starts from attending the calls received on the dedicated emergency phone number, providing ambulance assistance, initial diagnosis, hospital admission if required and emergency OT as per the diagnosis.

Desun Chest Pain Center

Desun Hospital Chest Pain Center is a facility to help people with good medical facility in case of Chest Pain. The emergency team is quick to respond and it combines experienced cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, medical test facilities and expert medical staff. It is open 24 Hours to provide medical management and discharging patients as they get stable and the required diagnosis is done. There is also facility for hospitalization as per requirement.

Latest Cardiac Surgeries

Desun hospital has experienced doctors, expert medical teams to manage critical cardiac cases and deliver excellence in terms of medical management, heart surgeries and procedures like angioplasty, heart bypass surgery, permanent pacemaker surgery , heart valve replacement etc.

The LATEST Surgeries and procedures include LIMA-RIMA Y, Radial Angioplasty, Radial Angiogram, High quality stents, pacemakers and cardiac devices.

LIMA-RIMA Y or Arterial Heart Bypass is done by using the arteries and not the veins. This heart bypass done lasts longer and helps the person to lead a healthy and normal life for a long time.

Coronary Angioplasty Stents: Desun Hospital only uses high quality Government of India approved stents as per cost prescribed by government.

Radial Angiogram: Radial Angiogram is done through the wrist area and not the groin area. This angiogram process helps in faster healing, much less pain and assures more safety from post procedure complications and infections.

Permanent Pacemaker Surgery:  Desun hospital has facility for Dual Chamber Pacemaker surgery and also cardiac devices. Cardiac pacemaker surgeries that help people to get back to regular life sooner and lead a normal day to day life post surgery.

Desun Hospital has NABH accreditation and is a superspeciality hospital.

CFS – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

CFS or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is more common is women than men. It is a condition where a person can feel very tired or exhausted with little activity and the tiredness takes a lot of time to go with adequate rest.  This condition if prevalent for more than 6 months then the appropriate advice is to visit an experienced doctor and get diagnosed.

There is no cure for this syndrome but with proper medical guidance and lifestyle changes the person can improve and lead a life performing all regular activities.

 

Some Common SYMPTOMS

Memory problem like recall and doing things in an organized way

Sore throat

Swollen glands in neck and underarm areas

Pain in body, joint and muscles

Headache

Getting up tired even after sleeping

Tiredness with little activity, feeling too exhausted after exercising

DIAGNOSIS

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a physical condition that is mostly caused by immune system problems, nervous system disorders and metabolism related issues.  There is no known medical test to confirm this cause of fatigue.

The doctor usually on hearing the various symptoms and also discussing various other lifestyle related activities of the person can suggest undergoing certain medical tests to rule out chances of any other disease/s interfering and resulting in the condition of feeling tired and low energy.

The common tests include tests to check

Hypothyroidism

Adrenal malfunctioning

Heart related problems

Sleep apnea

Eating disorders

Side effect of medication

TREATMENT

The treatment includes proper medication as suggested by doctor and various other interventions.

Treatment for psychiatric problems

For any other lifestyle disease or physical problem, pain, allergies etc

Change in lifestyle as suggested by experts

Slowly start with exercising

Proper treatment, lifestyle changes, diet can help one lead a normal life performing all regular activities with ease.

Clogged arteries can lead to sudden heart attack

Early signs of clogged arteries always do not result in chest pain, chest pain occurs when there is sufficient clogging of arteries and the blood flow to the heart is getting alarmingly limited. Any amount of plaque building in arteries is not safe level if ignored. Blocked arteries to any extent open the chances of cardiac related diseases or sudden heart attack.

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Control Plaque Accumulation

Lifestyle, diet, physical fitness level can help when plaque build-up is low. Medicine management along with lifestyle management is recommended in next stage and for advance level symptoms where there is considerable plaque build-up in arteries surgeries or cardiac procedures are required.

Causes of plaque accumulation

Obesity, excess body fat, high bad cholesterol level , uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension , excess of food intake, excess alcohol consumption, smoking , lack of physical fitness activities, age, genetic factors leads to accumulation of plaque in heart arteries.

Stay Alert of plaque accumulation

It is important to stay alert before there is start of plaque accumulation and obstruction in heart arteries. In the initial stages there is either no such symptom of very dim symptoms that awe ignore as non-significant to heart. It is important to go for complete cardiac check once each year and also take consultation from cardiologist on heat condition with test reports. A comprehensive test package that includes important heart related tests and other health checks needs to be done together to know the condition of the heart. In case there are symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath, numbness, blackout or feeling dizzy often, fatigue with little or no activity complete heart check is very important. Earlier is better as it may allow getting to better or ideal health and heart condition only through lifestyle or medicine management or both. In later stages surgery or procedures becomes imperative and if avoided can lead to sudden heart attack, cardiac arrest.

A heart specialist hospital

A heart hospital with heart specialist, cardiac opd and dedicated heart care setup for managing preventive cardiac care, heart checks, heart specialist, cardiac surgeons and modern facilities for diagnosis, latest predictive tests, heart surgeries and cardiac procedures is the right place to trust for heart care. A heart hospital must have 24 hours emergency hospitalization facility even at midnight, ICU, ambulance and cardiac ambulance, proper fully functional OT available even at 2 am in midnight, specialist doctors available to attend emergency and critical patients.

Article in People Interest By Desun Hospital for Cardiac Health Awareness

Post Covid Heart Health and Cardiac Complications

The heart related complications reporting post covid 19 recovery is now increasing in numbers and it is now believed that novel corona virus just not impact the lungs but also impacts heart, brain and may be some other body functions and organs that will unfold with time.

Even among young people in their 20-30s there has been reports of heart related trouble that mostly includes palpitation of heart, fatigue with no such strenuous activity and feeling of short breathing. The aged population or people with preexisting cardiac problems or heart weakness recovered from covid19 are facing more serious heart problems like chest pain, breathlessness and some reports of heart attack, cardiac arrests, stroke has also been in news.

Covid virus impacts the lungs and there is nominal to acute respiratory distress in many cases where hospital support or even ICU support with some days of ventilator support has been required among patients who have survived this pandemic virus.

The heart related symptoms and even chest pain, heart attack and cardiac arrest is mostly result of the inflammation of blood paths of the covid patients, there is also lumping of blood or blood clots that are also playing havoc and cause major cardiac related problems.

Many patients with mild symptoms who have recovered at home with some medication has mild heart related symptoms of general weakness symptoms of fatigue and panting at times.

Covid creates a situation within the body where there is lack of oxygen level and in some cases oxygen support for few days is required and in rare case there is prolong oxygen support required, may can cope with mild lack of oxygen and get back normal levels on their own with few days of medication, rest and diet.

In many cases MRI of heart, echocardiogram showed heart condition negatively impacted post covid recovery for some patients.

Patients with high level of blood sugar (diabetes), high blood pressure (hypertension), other ailments of liver, kidneys, regularly consuming multiple medicines for lifestyle related diseases like diabetes, blood pressure, digestive disorders, liver, kidneys problems in some cases may report heart related problems not necessarily people with preexisting cardiac problems only.

It is important for patients recovering from mild to acute covid symptoms get certain tests done as per general health condition, specific health related ailments, age, gender and most importantly doctor advice. Mostly post covid medical tests for health check includes CBC, CRP, Blood Sugar, Urea, creatinine, sodium, potassium, LFT, ECG, ECHO HRCT chest, Spirometry and there can be specific tests for heart, nervous system as per doctor’s advice. Do consult doctor at post covid clinics for health checkup and stay safe.

Post covid it is still not sure on the time frame of the symptoms to last, so it is best to take medical advice on medicines, supplements, health checks, diet and expert advice on exercises, breathing exercises and other lifestyle interventions to avoid future complications and minimize chances of post covid heart ailments.

Content in people interest for a healthy heart by Desun Hospital

Freedom from Excess Body Weight and Obesity – Diet Tips

Healthy People Helps Build a Healthier Nation and a Healthy Nation is more Productive and Progressive. Obesity is major lifestyle problem and it can open door to many diseases. Excess body weight or obesity can be a cause of heart diseases, stroke, body pain, liver , digestion related problems and other lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension etc . For a healthy life and minimize chances of such diseases along with other good habits that benefit health body weight management is also important.

We are happy to share a couple of important points that will help in loss of excess body weight by reducing harmful fat in body.

• Do not skip breakfast, include protein in breakfast. Protein helps us to stay full for long and we do not feel hungry often and can avoid binge eating.
• It is best to avoid sugary syrups and drinks. High sugar content food items
• Prefer to eat fruits by chewing, than consuming juice
• Avoid alcohol, alcoholic beverages, carbonated drinks etc
• Quit smoking
• Consume enough soluble fiber
• Prefer food items like oats, brown unpolished rice, multigrain wheat, wheat breads, lentils, vegetables, yogurt, tofu, soya beans, cooking in low oil, eggs in moderation and lean meat
• Eat mostly whole, not highly processed food
• Chew food well and eat
• Drink coffee and tea in moderation
• Strictly avoid junk food, processed food, ready to eat food
• Try to consume home cooked food, fresh, warm and cooked within few hours
• Do consult doctors, dieticians and experts on a calorie management diet
• Avoid midnight snacking
• Try to eat approximately same quantity and type of food around fixed times of the day in a routine

Follow and help yourself and share to help others.

 

EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE @ DESUN Hospital

CARDIAC EMERGENCY Team at DESUN HOSPITAL is quick to respond to any Heart Related Emergency Patient 24 Hours and 365 Days and even at Midnight. Just CALL DESUN EMERGENCY at 9051715171 to get necessary help regarding admission at DESUN Emergency.  Any Heart related emergency like HEART ATTACK, CHEST PAIN, Breathing Difficulty, Discomfort in Chest, Loss of Consciousness DESUN has facility to delivery TIMELY TREATMENT.

Modern 4^th Generation CATH-LAB for Angiogram and ANGIOPLASTY, OT for Emergency Surgeries, ICU with individual ventilator for each bed and Experienced Team of Specialist Doctors, Cardiac Surgeons and Expert Medical Teams helps to delivery Success even Emergency and Critical Cases.

Ambulance Assistance, Specialist Doctors and other facilities makes DESUN one of the most recommended hospital during medical emergencies.

DESUN perform Radial Angiogram and Radial Angioplasty is suitable cases where the procedure is performed through wrist and not through groin area making it much minimal painful and the healing is much faster. There is much less chance of post surgery complications and the patients can get back to normal life much sooner. Desun uses High quality STENTS and Stents are charged at Government of India approved Rates.

Dual Chamber Pacemaker surgery at DESUN is very popular where the patient gets DUAL CHAMBER High Quality AMERICAN PACEMAKER at an affordable cost. Dual Chamber pacemaker helps people to be more agile than Single Chamber Pacemaker and reduces much hindrance is leading a regular life.

Cardiac Devices related surgeries are also done at DESUN Hospital, to mention ICD-Single Chamber, ICD- Double Chamber, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy -D

Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass (small Cut Heart Bypass popularly known) is performed at DESUN Hospital. Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass helps is much faster healing post surgery and the post surgery complications are much less. The patient recovers faster and there is only a small mark. The person can get back to regular life much faster than traditional heart bypass.

Desun aims to deliver high quality cardiac Treatment at an affordable cost and with this aim DESUN Hospital is ever enhancing the Cardiac Emergency Facility, Preventive Cardiac Care Facilities and Cardiac OPD. The regular developments in the hospital have largely helped DESUN to fulfill their aim of delivering heart related critical and emergency patient’s timely treatment.

DESUN Hospital has more than 100 heart related surgery facilities and few to mention are Arterial Heart Bypass (LIMA-RIMA Y) , Heart Valve Replacement, Hole in Heart etc

Cardiac OPD : Desun Cardiac OPD is attended is experienced cardiologists and cardiac surgeons and it is easy to visit the OPD through both online through website and offline booking (walking to hospital or over phone) and get cardiac consultation as per prior appointment

Preventive Cardiac Care: DESUN hospital Preventive Cardiac Care department and facilities includes OPD for consultation with cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, various heart and cardiac related medical test. Even tests that can predict chances of heart attack in near future. Superspeciality Test APOA 1 & APOB (2 Parameters) The ratio of APOA 1 & APOB indicates the chances of heart attack in the future. There are also modern Procedures like ANGIOGRAM (CAG) to check blocked or narrowed blood vessels of heart.

Useful Links

Cardiac Tests: https://www.desunhospital.com/list-of-desun-health-checks.php

Cardiac Surgeries: https://www.desunhospital.com/heart-related.php

24 Hours Emergency: https://www.desunhospital.com/index.php

DESUN OPD : https://www.desunhospital.com/doctor-list-2.php

 

Cyclone – Stay Calm, Safe, Prepared

CYCLONE FANI – STAY CALM, SAFE, PREPARED

AT HOME

1. Check windows and doors if they are closing properly and keep them closed during the storm

2. Inspect if there are loose tiles, covers, sheets. Tighten them up or remove the loose materials to avoid any accident

3. Do not keep flower tubs on the ledges of the verandah, terrace or roof

4. Trim tree branches around your home and in your locality

5. Buy and store food items, medicines, water, batteries and candles

6. Switch off heavy and less essential electrical equipment, gas cooking ovens, LPG cylinders, etc.

7. Keep water stored in buckets – if there is no electricity for long hours, the water pump will not work

8. Make suitable arrangement for pets at home

9. Teach children what to do during cyclones and elders can do a mock drill

10. Keep cars in covered garages or in safe places

11. Keep the radio on for latest news on cyclone progress

AT OFFICE

1. Stay in the well-protected part of the office, away from glass windows 

2. Switch off computers, air conditioners and other heavy electrical gadgets; only use the most necessary ones

3. Do not panic; help each other

4. Carry food items, medicines and an emergency kit to work. Cary rain gear to stay protected

5. Keep cell phones charged, keep listening to the radio, follow the cyclone progress in social media and news portals

IN THE COMMUNITY

 

1. Ensure that gutters are cleaned of garbage and debris so that they do not get clogged

2. Trim the big as well as weak trees that may fall, or give them some kind of support so that they do not fall and block roads or damage people and property. If necessary call the appropriate authorities to cut the trees

3. Keep areas around electrical transformers and heavy electrical set-ups and telephone exchanges free from clutter 

4. Check community halls, school buildings, open grounds in the area to see if they are fit to accommodate people for shelter during any major emergency. Do involve appropriate authority in all such processes

5. In case of official (government) evacuation orders, do move fast as per the orders and direction

POST CYCLONE

1. Remain calm, take some rest and put your home, office, etc., back in order

2. People who have taken shelter outside their homes or at evacuation locations, must return home only after orders are received from the appropriate authority to do so. Return home through advised routes only

3. Water may get contaminated, so use water purifier tablets, boil water and drink till power connection is reinstated and water purifier machines are working

4. Use resources like stored food and water as required till normalcy is restored

5. Check LPG cooking gas, electrical switches & equipments for any damage or leak before starting to use them again

6. Stay protected and be aware of snapped electrical wires, accumulated water, damaged buildings and roads

7. Co-operate and inform local authorities on any public facility that needs to be repaired

STAY SAFE; STAY PROTECTED