Chronic pain emerging as a major health problem: Specialists
The Hindu
Survey indicates that 46% of Bengaluru’s population below the age of 65 suffers from spinal problems
Chronic pain – defined as any persistent pain lasting more than three months – is rapidly emerging as a significant healthcare challenge in India, said specialists.
With September being observed as pain awareness month, specialists from Interventional Pain and Spine Centre (IPSC), who addressed mediapersons, said more than 19% of the Indian adult population is suffering from chronic pain of some kind, with prevalence being higher in females (25%).
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.