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How New Korba Hospital Helps Increase Environmental Health

Korba is mainly a city in the Korba region of Chhattisgarh. It is also a very industrial area. Therefore, it has a lot of industries and steel plants around in the area. The Balco Steel Plant being one of them. In 2009, a chimney under construction at the Balco smelter collapsed. Killing 49 people, the collapse’s result was shocking. Since then, the plant is also causing a lot of unnecessary pollution. It is so much that there are a higher number of people who have breathing and other related health issues. In addition to this, the Korba Super Power Plant, and the Bharat Aluminium Company, only add to the rising pollution every day. Therefore, leading only to decreasing conditions in public health.

Negative Effects of Air Pollution

  • Air pollution is the biggest issue, especially in metro cities and industrial cities. The air pollution index has been at an all-time high in such places.
  • Breathing air that is so toxic directly puts people at a higher risk to be prone to asthma and other respiratory diseases.
  • These pollutants also easily trigger an asthma attack. This can even lead to being at the risk of getting cancer.
  • Air pollution means the direct decrease of oxygen in the air. Therefore, the energy supply to the brain through oxygen is less.
  • Serious problems such as those in the throat, lung, or eyes is common even in the healthiest of people. That’s how harmful air pollution is.
  • Children, elder people, and those prone to airborne diseases are the most affected by air pollution. It can cause something extreme at any time.
  • The exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases the risk of premature birth, stillbirth, and low birth weight.
  • Stillbirth means when a baby dies after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the womb. It is beyond painful for the mother. Please check the air quality if a pregnant woman is around.

Importance of a Healthy Environment

  • We can see that the ill effects of air pollution are horrible and adverse. People are affected in the gravest ways due to air pollution and it is still prevalent.
  • There are many important things about a healthy environment which should motivate us to stop this pollution.
  • Maintaining a healthy environment increases the quality of life and that of a healthy life.
  • The increase of toxic wastes and hazardous substances around us only means a life full of diseases and discomfort.
  • Outdoor air quality is very important to increase the global environment health.
  • Good air quality outdoors can prevent the risk of cancer, premature death, and prevent long term damage to our respiratory systems.
  • Bad air pollution also worsens the surface and groundwater quality. This contaminates the already decreasing water level. And affects our health in diverse and adverse ways.
  • The preparation to combat even worse issues like climate change is dependent on how we manage global environmental health. Thus, it is highly important.

New Korba Hospital

Korba as a city suffers from the most drastic effects of these very problems. Therefore, the development of the New Korba Hospital aims to finish these issues and have an environmentally healthy Korba.

  • New Korba Hospital will assist you in battling your health issues away.
  • It condemns the distraught caused by the steel plant all around Korba, which in turn affects public health so drastically.
  • Providing cures to the worst health issues, don’t be afraid to even consult about the severity of your health problems.
  • The doctors’ service is extremely professional and it helps cure the most trivial and the most destructive conditions.
  • New Korba Hospital organized a Walkathon on February 9, 2020. There were more than a thousand people who joined to walk to combat Korba’s air pollution.
  • To support the event, even Chhattisgarh’s Revenue and Disaster Minister Shri. Jai Singh Agarwal Ji came as a Chief Guest.
  • Activities like Free Sugar Test (Diabetes), B.P. and General Examination, and Information about the Coronavirus, were all provided.
  • The tremendous support for the awareness of the issue was amazing and showcased everything the New Korba Hospital continues to stand for. It was the first Walkathon event in Korba.
  • The New Korba Hospital will continue to do such amazing things for the environmental health of the city and promises to provide the best services and help Korba.

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