MARKSS Healthcare partners Galle Medical Association on lung diseases workshop

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MARKSS Healthcare (MARKSS HLC) one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in Sri Lanka, in its fifth year of operation, supported a workshop of the Galle Medical Association (GMA) on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) a prevalent condition and a relevant topic to present day held recently at the GMA Auditorium.

Organized by the Galle Medical Association (GMA), key focus of the workshop was to feature diseases of the lungs in which the airways become narrowed with the co-occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of commonly co-existing diseases.

This leads to a limitation of the flow of air to and from the lungs, causing shortness of breath and long term Chronic Bronchitis.

In clinical practice, COPD is defined by its characteristically low airflow on lung function tests this limitation is poorly reversible and usually gets progressively worse over time.

The topical workshop saw the presence of over 25 practitioners and most of the leading senior consultants were also represented.

COPD is caused by noxious particles or gas, most commonly from tobacco smoking, which triggers an abnormal inflammatory response in the lung. The inflammatory response in the larger airways is known as chronic bronchitis, which is diagnosed clinically when people regularly cough up sputum.

In the alveoli, the inflammatory response causes destruction of the tissues of the lung, a process known as emphysema. One of the workshop’s key intentions was to work on a strategy to reduce the consumption of tobacco and smoking.

Dr. S. Mahakalanda Medical Director MARKSS Healthcare commenting about the initiative said, “We consider this another awareness building project under the MARKSS wellness campaign the CSR initiative, focusing on current health issues escalating rapidly.

We have closely associated the prestigious Galle Medical Association and have fruitfully achieved results through many interactive workshops in this caliber.

The key take back of this workshop was to reduce and focus on heavy smoking usage; thereby we are able to build a healthy nation.

We as a responsible corporate citizen will continue educating the future health practitioners and nurture our future generations”.