Perhaps the most illustrious son of Karnal, Maharishi Ved Vyas is created with writing the Mahabharata, the Upanishads and the Puranas. His name means ‘the one who classified or split the Vedas’, and made them easy for the public to understand. A temple dedicated to his worship still stands in village Basthali [ Vyassthal] near Nissing, and is testimony to Karnal District being his karam bhoomi.

 Modern medical science is a Mahabharata of its own, with multiple players enacting multiple roles. Physicians, paramedical staff and alternative medicine practitioners offer conflicting, and confusing health related advice to the public. This pandemonium is worsened by e-hearsay obtained from the net and social media. It is not unsurprising, therefore, that in spite of advances in both diagnostics and therapeutics, we consider ourselves less healthy as a society. The rapidly increasing burden of chronic metabolic disease which requires active participation of the patient, family and community, contributes to the pervasive feeling of societal ill-health.

IMA Karnal takes up the responsibility of providing accurate information to its community i.e, the people of Karnal, and Haryana. Through this blog, we will cover various aspects of health, and try to provide pragmatic advice related to preventive, curative and public health. In the footsteps of Rishi Ved Vyas, we hope to simplify and demystify disease, so as to make health achievable for all. We are known as Smart City Karnal. Let us work together to create a Health Smart City that we can be proud of.

Sanjay Kalra
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