High blood pressure is a silent murderer, since it causes no symptoms for many years, while certain no serious approach toward controlling high blood pressure damaging critical organs, can cause heart attacks, kidney failure, stroke, and can damage the eyes, said Dr. Fawad Farooq, Consultant Cardiologist, the National Institute of cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Karachi.

In a training program organized by the Islamic Pakistan Medical Association (PIMA) and his series of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians and mass, revealed that, according to a WHO report total health expenditure per capita in Pakistan only $ 59, which is very low as compared to India with US $ 132 and $ 148 Sri Lanka. There is an urgent need to provide relief to the masses, he said, adding that early consultation with physicians can reduce costs for diseases.

Dr. Fawad lamented that people usually do not care about the sensitivity of the disease. 'Healthy Lifestyle, proper diet, regular exercise and a better medication can play a decisive role in minimizing the adverse effects of hypertension.

Said patients should avoid high salt intake and smoking. There is a strong need for daily exercise to control obesity and blood pressure control, "he added.

CME covered hypertensive emergencies, one of the most common medical emergency faced at each level is secondary or tertiary primary care and sometimes even non-medical specialties. This CME event was an interactive discussion based on how to approach a patient with high blood pressure at primary care general practitioners to guide updated to handle this common medical emergency confidently knowledge.

A large number of medical graduates and doctors attended the CME while Ghauri Dr.Salman Cardiologist, President PIMA Karachi, Dr. Zeeshan Hussain Ansari, Dr. Abdul Malik also participated in the program. Participants appreciated CME on a very important health issue knowledge acquired during the presentation ultimately help transfer their knowledge to improve patient care said.