Leslie Lewis composition ' Mumbai ki Dhadkan' urges people to adopt a healthy lifestyle for a healthy heart

Leslie Lewis will perform the Anthem– Mumbai ki Dhadkan, live, at the MMRDA grounds

Mumbai Sep 17^th2013(Sailesh Gandhi): Fortis will organize a ‘World Heart Concert’ on September 29 on the occasion of the World Heart Day. Leslie Lewis will perform the Anthem– Mumbai ki Dhadkan, live, at the MMRDA grounds. Along with Leslie, 10-12 youth bands will also render their own compositions in support of the initiative. The youth bands are being chosen from college-wide promotions that Fortis is currently organizing.

“Mumbai ki Dhadkan” –urges people to adopt a healthier lifestyle for a trouble free heart. The anthem will be promoted in Mumbai through several platforms and will be available for download on the microsite – www.mumbaikidhadkan.in. It will also be accessible on Saavn, Youtube and Facebook. In addition, ‘Mumbai Ki Dhadkan’ CD’s will also be distributed free in colleges, gyms and clubs. 

Notably, studies show that people though aware of heart attack as a deadly disease end up ignoring early diagnoses. More than 80% of heart attacks turn fatal because patients do not receive immediate attention following visible signs of a heart attack. This raises the importance of medical help within the “Golden Hour” or the crucial sixty minutes following the first symptom that an attack is in progress.  

Says Leslie Lewis, “The connection between music and the heart is eternal. It gave me great pleasure to create the music that hopefully will make people listen to their hearts. I hope this unique initiative by Fortis Hospitals will strike the right chord with Mumbaikars in this drive to promote a healthy heart.” 

“Our youth is the solution to this growing phenomenon of heart diseases. They are the ones who can prevent future occurrences by following simple steps to health.. It is estimated that Indians are nearly four times more susceptible to heart attacks. Twenty five percent of these are people under the age of forty. Urban Indians face an even higher danger because of their sedentary habits. Manypeople even today are ignorant that it is their lifestyle that puts them at greater risk,” says Dr S Narayani, Facility Director, Fortis Hospital Mulund. 

Dr. Hasmukh Ravat, Sr Interventional
 Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital, Mulund

Although a large number of cardiac patients still come from the age group of forty five and above, the city has seen an alarming rise in cardiac cases of almost thirty per cent in the last three years in the below thirty category. Men are more susceptible to this menace. In Fortis Mulund itself, seventy percent of the cardiac cases between 2010 and 2012 have been that of men. 

Another alarming trend is the increase of diabetics in the city who are at greater risk. About three-quarters of people with diabetes die of some form of heart or blood vessel disease. It is apparent that lifestyle problems like stress and anger enhance the risk of heart attack and strokes among Mumbaikars. 

Dr. Hasmukh Ravat, Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital, Mulund, says “Youngsters are falling prey to cardiovascular diseases because of a stressful lifestyle. Habits of working over 12 hours every day and bringing work home have compounded the situation. Combined with addictions such as smoking, alcohol, junk and processed food, the modern lifestyle is leading to the unhealthy heart.”