LPU celebrated the “World Health Day” with multi event program: Used the platform to generate health awareness among masses.

With the noble cause of spreading awareness about health issues among general masses, Lovely Professional University celebrated “World Health Day” in its campus on a massive scale. The multi-event program organized by LPU had participation from both the experts and the students in ensuring that as many onlookers can be updated about the health perils being frequented by humanity on a more intense manner. The first event of the day was Guest Lecture on Cancer Screening, by Dr. Rajiv Gupta, Medical Oncologist, Fortis-Escort (Amritsar). Dr. Gupta apprised and demonstrated various methods by which the spread of the cancer can be detected and checked at an early staged.



The blood donation camp, in collaboration with NGO “PAHL” was organized as part of the program, with the slogan “Heath for All”. Prof Lakhbir Singh, President PAHL addressed the students and presented a lecture on blood donation. 150 units of blood was donated by the students and faculty of the University. In the scientific poster making competition, students made brilliant use of colours and creativity to sketch the possible arrest of various communicable diseases. The causes, spread and means to check the spread of the disease were smartly put forward before the audience through the means on posters. A free physiotherapy camp was also organized as a part of the event, where the patients were checked and administered drugs, for free. The fact that physiotherapy is a cheap and economical alternative of conventional mode of treatment, was also highlighted in the camp.



The debate competition had participants putting forward their views on Female Foeticide. The event was lesser “contest based” and more of “pooling of ideas” as to generate awareness among general public about

the social evil and trying to find the possible ways so that the ugly practice is wiped off permanently from the whole of country, especially from Punjab and Haryana. A quiz competition was also organized in which the vying teams proved their mettle while answering pertaining to the concepts of single drug formulation and multi drug formulation. In the Model Making competition, health hazards were brought to fore through various models made by students of LPU. The symptoms and cure of various disease such as cancer, AIDS, hepatitis, leukemia et. were demonstrated through elaborate models.



Mrs. Rashmi Mittal, Executive Dean-LPU while giving away the prizes to the winners of the various contests said, “Health and education are the two pillars, on which the economic and social growth of any country is based. LPU being an education based organisation, is already in the process of delivering on the education front. But at the same time, we ensure that we as a University should address health related issues. The program, as have been others in the past, is a step in the right direction to uphold the importance of good health amongst the younger generation.”