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New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) With the number of heart patients increasing, Delhi Government today decided to join hands with leading private hospital Apollo in making people aware about precautions needed for keeping the disease at bay. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, inaugurating the hospital''s ''Billion Hearts Beating'' campaign, said the government would partner with Apollo in the initiative. "This is a novel initiative and we will join hands with the private hospital to make the campaign a great success in the city," she said. Asking the state health department to involve over 3,000 Resident Welfare Associations in the awareness programme, she said lakhs of people could be educated about the disease through them. Speaking on the occasion, chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group Prathap C Reddy said heart disease in India has assumed alarming proportions and the country-wide campaign was aimed at making people aware about it. "The average Indian male is three to four times more likely to have a heart disease than his Western counterpart. What''s even more alarming is the fact that, today, it is not just our senior citizens who are at risk; it is the younger, 30-plus generation who are at risk," he said. The campaign plans to use radio, television, print media for educating the people about the disease apart from planning activities such as street theatre and pledges written on walls.
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