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 Prevention
is better than cure
We have all grown up hearing the idiom ‘an ounce
of prevention is better than a pound of cure’. But
somewhere we forget to put it to practice and take
chances with something that’s most precious—our
health. We play the odds, we wait and watch. We
think that we’ll fix it when it breaks. May be it won’t
break after all…
You don’t wait till you get a
flat tyre to get an air fill? But,
confess it, you are too lazy
to wash your hands before
handling food, or even brush
and floss twice a day—simple
steps that can prevent a host
of diseases. The same person
who’d spend a few thousands
and a couple of hours eve-
ry quarter to get his SUV
serviced often thinks it a
waste to go for his an-
nual BP check-up!
 Luckily for us healthcare facilities have improved.
We have access to better technology, medication
and services. But instead of fire fighting all the time
would it not be better to take simple steps to keep
diseases and illnesses at bay? That would save you and
your dear ones a lot of pain and trouble and indeed
big bucks. The need of the hour is really a paradigm
shift from ‘reactive healthcare’ to ‘preven-
tive healthcare’. Read on to find out
the best bet for good health.
Every minute, 4
fellow Indians
somewhere are
succumbing to
heart disease.
Health
in your hands
Foreseeing something devastating down the road
and wanting to prevent its occurence is really a mat-
ter of maintenance. And maintaining a good lifestyle
is what you need to boast great health. Include the
following in your life to say goodbye to illness:
S Eat healthy: Clean and nutritious food is crucial
for your body.
S Adopt hygienic habits: Washing your hands with
soap before handling food and after touching anything
dirty, brushing and flossing twice a day, etc.—these
habits go a long way in preventing diseases.
S Exercise regularly: Research shows that just half
an hour of aerobic exercise can boost your immu-
nity and overall health.
S Manage your weight: Balance your calories in, with
your calories out, with healthy diet and exercise regime.
S Stop smoking: Smoking affects your entire
system adversely.
S Sleep well: Poor sleep also lowers your immunity
and increases your risk for several diseases. Get 7 to
8 hours of sound sleep daily.
S Get rid of stress: Chronic stress lowers your
body’s ability to fight illness and contributes to Health
heart disease too.
S Drink enough water: It keeps the kidneys func-
check-ups
tioning properly, helping in flushing out the toxins. A healthy lifestyle keeps you safe to a great extent.
S Cut down on sodium and sugar: Too much of But your body is still under threat—sometimes
sodium increases the risk of heart disease. And too from new germs, sometimes from genes that bring
much sugar adds to your weight—increasing the risk some diseases with them and sometimes from the
of various diseases. ageing process. And your best defence against these?
S Lower your alcohol consumption: It has been Regular health check-ups. Ask any health profes-
linked to weight gain, liver damage and even cancer. sional and he will tell you that early diagnosis is a
prerequisite to cure. In fact regular health check-ups
are crucial for the early diagnosis of cancer, high
cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension. Preventive
health diagnostics is also important in reducing
mortality and risks related with modern day diseases.
Here, some check-ups you must consider:
n Blood Pressure
n Blood Sugar
n Lipid profile 30 to 40% first
n Breast exam and stroke victims
digital mammogram die before
(for women) medical help
n HPV and Pap test can reach them.
(for sexually active
women)
 At Your Service
Indus Health Plus
Understanding the need for preventive health check-
ups, Pune-based Indus Health Plus was conceptu-
alised by a team of young professionals in 2000.
And since then it has been successfully creating
awareness and providing affordable and qualitative
‘preventive healthcare’ to a-symptomatic Indians.
Indus Health Plus works to make healthcare ‘acces-
sible, available and affordable’ to all.
As an organisation, Indus provides its members
with preventive healthcare packages (comprising
various medical tests), and ‘loyalty cards’ which offer
substantial discounts on various medical services at
our delivery partners. Indus empha-
sises detailed comprehensive
tests that are normally not
conducted by most cen-
By the year tres due to its increased
2012, 1 out of expenditure. But Indus
every 4 Indians offers these tests at less
will be severely than one third of the list
diabetic. price of any diagnostic
centre in the country.
 Today, Indus Health Plus has reached out to more
than 2 lakh people across India with its preventive
healthcare packages. These offer you a full check-up
followed by reports and expert doctors’ counselling,
all in ONE SINGLE DAY.

a) Preventive Health packages

The packages below are designed especially to
provide you total ‘value-for-money’:
1. Essential Care Health Checkup Package
(EsCP): Basic tests for those who are on a budget.
2. Early Care Health Checkup Package (ECP):
12 essential tests beneficial to all.
3. Cardiac Care Health Checkup Package
(CCP): In a country where heart attack is the
number 1 killer, those at risk must know their status.
4. Exclusive and Comprehensive Health
Checkup Package (ECHC): Incredible ‘value for
The incidence money’, this potentially life saving checkup is for
of breast everyone above the age of 35 years.
cancer in 5. Exclusive and Comprehensive Health
women is Checkup PLUS Package (ECHC PLUS): The
increasing at ultimate checkup designed exclusively for the Delhi
the rate of 16%. customers, this unique all comprehensive package is
total ‘value-for-money’.
b) Healthfriend Cards friend Cards are a true boon as they help
Healthfriend Card, a revolutionary healthcare the customers ‘Save money’ on their sudden
product enables ‘Indusites’ (customers) and their medical expenses.
families to access quality medical treatment at highly Indus Health Plus addresses
reduced rates. These Healthfriend cards are available not only the preventive
totally ‘FREE’ to all who have availed a preventive healthcare needs of the Every year,
healthcare package from Indus. These cards people, but also their cancer claims
provide sizeable discounts on medical services curative medical needs approximately
across the delivery partners. by providing them the 8 lakh Indian
Research indicates that most often 80% of the Healthfriend Cards—the lives.
medical expenses are ‘out-of-the-pocket’ and unex- perfect shield for unexpected
pected. It is at times such as these that the Health- medical expenses.
 delivery
partners
Indus has alliances with well-equipped and re-
nowned delivery partners across the country to
make its facilities accessible to all.
The delivery partners include:
1. Pune: Sahyadri Hospital (7 locations)
2. Delhi: Primus Super Speciality Hospital
3. Mumbai: Insight Imaging Centre (Chembur);
Surana Hospital & Research Centre (Malad &
Chembur); Terna Sahyadri Hospital (Nerul);
NM Medical (4 locations) & Kohinoor Hospital
(Kurla Vidyavihar)
4. Ahmednagar: Anand Rishiji Hospital & Medical
Research Centre
5. Bhilai: Apollo BSR Hospitals
6. Nagpur: Nagpur Scan Centre
7. Goa: Goa Scan Centre Insurance
8. Latur: Alpha Super covers you when
Speciality Hospital you are sick,
9. Karad: Sahyadri Hospital Indus prevents
10. Solapur: BINIT Hospital sickness.
11. Jalgaon: Ganpati Hospital
12. All India Network: Thyrocare