Celebrating World Health Day today, Gleneagles Global Hospitals (GGH) distributed health kits to the traffic police across the city. The donation drive was held at the office of Jt. Commissioner of Police Traffic at Lakdi-Ka-Pul. A total of 50 volunteers took part in this drive to promote the theme of #keepinghealthy. 

Dr. Riyaz Khan, Cluster CEO – Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Hyderabad said, “WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes. The pandemic has revealed weaknesses in all areas of society and underlined the urgency of creating sustainable well-being societies committed to achieving equitable health now and for future generations without breaching ecological limits.”.

Mr. Gaurav Khurana, CEO – Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad said, “Our political, social and commercial decisions are driving the climate and health crisis. Over 90% of people breathe unhealthy air resulting from burning of fossil fuels. Extreme weather events, land degradation and water scarcity are displacing people and affecting their health. Systems that produce highly processed, unhealthy foods and beverages are driving a wave of obesity, increasing cancer and heart disease while generating a third of global greenhouse gas emissions”.

Each year for this date, a theme is chosen that highlights an area of priority concern for WHO. In the face of the current pandemic, a polluted planet, and an increasing incidence of diseases, the theme for World Health Day 2022 is Our Planet, Our Health. On this day, let us all resolve to come together and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being. 

About Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad:

Gleneagles Global Hospitals, located at Lakdi-Ka-Pul, was the first Gleneagles Global Hospitals facility opened in Hyderabad. The facility is known as one of the best tertiary care multi-super specialty hospitals in India. With world-renowned doctors and the best of medical facilities, the hospital has been at the forefront of performing rare and complex surgeries including the first Heart Transplant in the region, Liver and Kidney Transplants amongst others. Expert care and advanced surgical procedures are offered at the facility for a wide range of specialties such as Hepatology, Nephrology, Bariatrics, Gastroenterology, Multi-Organ Transplants, and others.

Gleneagles Global Hospitals has multi-super specialty hospitals in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Mumbai. The brand is the most preferred hospital group for multi-organ transplants in the Asia region. The parent entity of Gleneagles Global Hospitals is IHH Healthcare, a leading premium integrated healthcare provider with a network of 84 hospitals and more than 16,000 licensed beds. It is one of the largest healthcare groups in the world by market capitalization and is listed in the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia and Main Board of SGX-ST. IHH is a leading player in the home markets of Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, and India, and in their key growth markets of China and Hong Kong.