India needs a new healthcare model to effectively manage hypertension

Success will help in reducing government spending for the poor battling the cost of treating non-communicable diseases

At age 54, with family history and other associated risk factors and being well informed about the disease burden, I could not imagine suffering from hypertension. It was when I was accompanying my father in law , a cardiologist disclosed that this silent killer had taken me in its grip and prescribed a single dose of medicine. I continued on the single dose until this winter when a friend and well-known cardiologist advised me to regularly monitor my BP, resulting in one more medicine being added to my regimen. Thanks to these two doctors for timely diagnosis and advise otherwise