<p class="title"><br />Aster RV Hospital, in association with the RV Dental Institute, took out a ‘Hepatitis Awareness Walk’ around JP Nagar to mark World Hepatitis Day on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The theme of the programme for this year is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis”.</p>.<p class="bodytext">About 300 participants were part of the walkathon, which included students from RV Dental Institutions and employees of the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The participants displayed banners with slogans and other awareness material on hepatitis. Zumba warm-up session, along with physiotherapy, session was conducted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Veerendra Sandur, Lead Consultant, Medical Gastroenterology, Aster RV Hospital said: “Hepatitis is the second major killer infectious disease after tuberculosis. People living with hepatitis are lacking prevention, testing and treatment services.”</p>
<p class="title"><br />Aster RV Hospital, in association with the RV Dental Institute, took out a ‘Hepatitis Awareness Walk’ around JP Nagar to mark World Hepatitis Day on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The theme of the programme for this year is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis”.</p>.<p class="bodytext">About 300 participants were part of the walkathon, which included students from RV Dental Institutions and employees of the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The participants displayed banners with slogans and other awareness material on hepatitis. Zumba warm-up session, along with physiotherapy, session was conducted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Veerendra Sandur, Lead Consultant, Medical Gastroenterology, Aster RV Hospital said: “Hepatitis is the second major killer infectious disease after tuberculosis. People living with hepatitis are lacking prevention, testing and treatment services.”</p>
