Excessive smoking adds to heart problems: expert
KASUR, July 19: Today’s lifestyle and excessive smoking are responsible for most heart problems, a cardiologist said here on Saturday.
Inaugurating a coronary care unit at Bhatti International Trust Hospital on Raiwind Road, Dr Shaharyar said most of Kasur people were living in congested areas with dark lanes and narrow bazaars and thus going out rarely for long walks in fresh air to digest the heavy food they eat.
He said the absence of any cardiac centre in the district forced people to go to Lahore for treatment.
He said that 90 per cent of heart patients did not need to be taken to Lahore because they could be treated in Kasur, but doctors never bothered to guide them.
He said the coronary unit at Bhatti Hospital was equipped with modern equipment.
HONOUR KILLING: A man allegedly shot his niece dead for honour here in Khuda police precincts on Saturday.
Abdul Rashid suspected his niece Parveen of loose morals and shot her dead after an exchange of words.
ACCIDENT: A man was killed and his two children were injured when a truck hit their motorcycle in Chunian police precincts on Saturday.
Muhammad Bukhsh was going from his village Balokey to Manga along with his sons Waseem (10) and Imran (12) by his motorcycle.
A truck hit them near Olakh village, killing Bukhsh at the scene and injuring Waseem and Imran. The injured were taken to the tehsil hospital. —Correspondent