“80 Ka Fundaa” can make you live beyond 80 years says the renowned Dr.K.K.Aggarwal ,Padmashri awardee and renowned cardiologist in an exclusive interview with our Editor-in-Chief Mr.Tarun Sharma
Exclusive Interview of DR.K.K.Aggarwal,Padmashri awardee with Editor-in-Chief Mr. Tarun Sharma
Editor: Please tell us about your current role and the challenges involved therein.
Dr. K.K.Aggarwal: I am a Senior physician & Cardiologist cum Physician at Delhi based Moolchand Med-City President of national NGO “Heartcare foundation of India”,Chairman ethical commitee of Delhi Medical Council,National Vice President elect of Indian Medical Association,Vice Chairman of World Fellowship of Religion,Editor-in-Chief of IJCP Group & emedi group of publications.
My concept of life is to be different and to work for the welfare of the society ,when i was in college i was taught that 10% of my time should be devoted to the welfare of the society and i am doing more than that but i am keeping to my commitment that my job is for the welfare of the society.We were the first one to start in all the mentioned – Clot dissolving therapy for heart attack in India,Color Doppler echo-cardiography in diagnostic cardiology in North India,Perfect Health Mela. We were first one to conduct 70,000 checkup in two days in that two days the Government of Rajasthan released the cancellation stamp.We were the first one to start the CPR campaign which is how to revive after sudden death.We trained 11,459 in a single day thus creating a world record.
Greatest Challenge today is 24 lac people die in INDIA due to sudden cardiac arrest 18 lac of them die before reaching hospital & 12 lac of them could have been revived if they learn the cardiac First Aid i.e CPR-10. Actors like Amjad Khan,Vinod Mehra,Sanjeev Kumar,Sunil Dutt al of them would have been alive if some by-stander knew how to revive after sudden death.And my greatest challenge today is to teach.to create sensitization to 1% of the society to learn CPR-10 and CPR-10 means reviving a person within 10 minutes of Death & that is my greatest challenge.
Editor: Please tel us about your core team.
Dr.K.K.Aggarwal: I run an NGO ,HEARTCARE FOUNDATION OF INDIA ,So lot of people are there with me in this project as my team members.There are doctors and as executive members politicians,Bureaucrats,Industrialists all united for a common cause i.e creating Health awareness about all aspects of health to people from all paths under one roof using low cost infotainment module.For e.g Perfect Health Mela ,Low Cost people for fun and go back with education ,my idea is to cal for common man.
Editor: Delhi is a city full of stress due to which heart ailments are rising day by day ,what is your advice to the people in Metros like Delhi and other metros Nationally.
Dr.K.K.Aggarwal: Heart disease is increasing in our country.In the era of Mahabharata and Ramayana there is no mention of heart disease except Dashratha-Ram’s Father.except for if we see Kuber or Ganesha i dont find pot belly obesity in any of my mythological hero or mythological gods but something has happened over the years that i have now started seeing Diabetes,Heart disease in the country on rise.If you really want to take care of them you should know a simple funda and i.e “80 ka funda”.That means keep your Lower BP below 80,fasting sugar below 80,pulse rate below 80,bad cholesterol below 80,Abdominal Circumference below 80,and for all that walk 80 min. in a day,brisk walk 80 min. in a week where the definition of brisk is 80 steps a min.eat less-not less not more than 80 gm of caloric food at a time,not more than 80 ml of caloric liquid at a time,sitting in an environment less than 80 dcb,do not eat 80 days in a year cereal.Do 80 cycle of Pranayam everyday,laugh 80 times in a day,Do not take alcohol if taken should be taken 80 ml in a day or 80 gm a week,spend 80 min. for yourself,Sit 80 days in sunlight in a year for enough Vitamin D.If you are a heart patient ask your doctor for 80 mg of aspirin or 80 mg of statin. Learn CPR-10 to save 80% of society if you do that you’ll be able to save 80% of chances of not getting the heartattack before the age of 80 ,that is my mantra for Prevention.
Editor: You had been awarded with several national allocades which is the recent being conferred and what importance these allocades play in your life.
Dr.K.K.Aggarwal: I have been recieving awards from childhood ,I got University gold medal when i was in medical college,got gold medal in every subject in college.And in 2005 i was announced with Dr.B.C.Roy National Award which was conferred to me in 2008 and in 2010 i recieved padmashri and that is my journey from my first University Gold Medal in 1979 to 2010 when i received Padmashri but in between got several other awards.I personally feel as i go in lot of schools and colleges and when the management of school or college introduces me as Padmashri i ask every child and student how do you feel? and people say ,We are proud having padmashri person amongst us today but i say i dont agree with you.I come from a lower middle class family ,from a government school who thought differently,persisted in his effort and if i can receive Padmashri all of you can also.My inspiration to my children/students everywhere is “WORK HARD,THINK DIFFERENT,LEARN TO WITHDRAW BUT BE PERSISTENT”.
If you persistently think differently there is no reason why success will not come to your way.I received my success i owe it to thinking differently but persistently.Persistently Thinking Different would be the perfect answer.
Editor: You yourself are the publisher and Editor-in-Chief of various Medical Journals.How these medical journals help the readers and who are its specific readers.
Dr. K.K.Aggarwal: When i was in Medical college i always wanted to teach,initially i was a very good one to one teacher than one to group teacher.But in a vast population our purpose of life is to reach masses.And to reach the masses you need a publication house.We created a publication house in 1991.We reach 2 lac doctors every month,i reach 70,000 doctor’s every day through my e-newspaper,i reach 50,000 general public everyday so my job is to communicate,communicate about health awareness, communicate about prevention and for that communication is the only answer and if you have your own media it is cost effective to reach general public and medical community.I came back from United States for my country to spread the Health awareness through various channels media being one of them as i believe in Mera Bharat Mahan.
Editor: Please share your success mantra in few words for our visitor’s.
Dr. K.K.Aggarwal:I am a ardent believer in Mythology and i believe in Vishnu and his avatar.For me Krishna is my name as i was born on the auspicious day of Lord Krishna’s birth day Janamashtmi and as i was born on this day so my name KRISHNA KUMAR AGARWAL. I always adore Lord krishna and his three principles of Life which are Blue color,Yellow clothes and a flute.Blue color signifies Nothing is Impossible and i believe that,so i always like to pick up impossible tasks ,Yellow color signifies Let me do provided you maintain humility where flute in hand signifies humility and that’s what the principle of Krishna is and that is me.Do something that is impossible by taking it as a challenge To do this you have to follow the first three Avatar of Lord Vishnu-The Fish,The Tortoise and The Pig.Be Different i.e what The Fish signifies,Learn to Withdraw i.e what The Tortoise Signifies and Be Persistent i.e what The Pig signifies and says DR.K.K.Agarwal if you follow these 3 characters there is no reason you will not succeed.
