Air pollution: This time of the year, particularly around Diwali, air pollution becomes a serious problem. And that is a cause of serious health concern as doctors say that air pollution not only damages the lungs, it is equally bad for the heart. They caution against ignoring air pollution as poor air quality may lead to heart diseases.
The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital touched 266 on Saturday evening.
Air pollution
As per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the AQI index in the overall Delhi region was in the ‘Poor’ category at 266, ‘very poor’ category in the Delhi University area at 327, ‘poor’ quality in Mathura Road at 293 and in ‘moderate’ category in Gurugram at 156 on Saturday evening.
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Toxic air
As Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) continue to breathe toxic air, Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute Dr Ashok Seth said, “While pollution has only been linked to lung problems as asthma gets worsens, people often ignored the proven fact that air pollution leads to increased heart damages and we should not ignore this.”
“In fact, as we have been seeing the increase in heart disease in young people in the last few years, I believe that it is caused by air pollution that has got worse over the last 20 years as well as their lifestyles. For the last 20 years, this has been recognised by all authoritative scientific bodies of cardiology,” Dr Seth said.
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