Srinagar, Oct 27: The Managing Committee of Amar Singh Club organised a crucial symposium on ‘Healthy Ageing’ to discuss the challenges and needs of elders of the society.
The symposium was well attended by special invitee’s and senior Club
members. Amongst those who participated were Zaffer A Shah, Senior Advocate, Rouf Punjabi, Ibrahim Shahdad, Dr Abdul Majid Siraj, Dr T S Sethi, Saleem Beig, M S Sethi, Er SRS Madni, Mohammed Amin Kathwari, Shiekh
Mehmood Akhtar, Sheikh Hafeez Akhtar, Er Farooq Wani, Er Bashir A Bhat,
A M Wattali, Abdul Majeed Mattoo, Abdul Hamid Punjabi and others.
Experts from the Health Department included Dr Zubair Saleem, Geriatric
Counsellor and Dr Naveed Nazir, Pulmonologist. Noted satire artiste Mr Zareef Ahmad Zareef also participated.
Dr Zubair Saleem shared his experiences of working with senior citizens and underlined the physiological, psychological and societal challenges faced by them.
He stated that a distinction was required to be drawn between ageing and illness as these
were two different things and required different managements. Dr Naveed Nazir threw light on the post-covid situation.
Members also posed questions about the
complications and side effects of Covid and vaccinations.
