Preventive Health Checks

We strongly believe in the adage ‘Prevention is Better than Cure’. In our fast paced, stressed filled lives, health pays the price. We tend to take it for granted until something untoward happens. The timely thing to do is undergo preventive health check-ups periodically, not just as a matter of precaution, but in case an ailment is detected, it can easily be nipped in the bud.

NDC offers, amongst others, the following Preventive Health Check-up Packages :

• Sarvottam – Well Being Master Health Check UP
• Executive Check up
• Swasth Nari – Well Woman Health Check UP
• Zaruri Sadharan – General Health Check Up
• Hriday Sukhad – Cardiac Health Check Up
• Varistha Special – Senior Citizens Health Check Up
• Sishu Sukhad – Child Health Check Up
• Swasth Parivar – Family Health Check-up
• Pre-Employment Health Check
• Other Packages & Profile.

Instructions for health check up

The following guidelines will help you through the various service areas during the conduct of the Preventive Health Checks.
Please ensure that the following instructions are adhered to while you come for the health checks.

• Kindly make a prior appointment for the package you are interested in between 2PM to 6PM. Packages can be availed only during week days except Sundays and other holidays.
• You are advised to be on empty stomach for 12 hrs. (Please ensure that you have not had morning cup of tea, coffee or an other fluids except plain water before you come for health check).
• Do not ingest any medication or alcohol and do not smoke or chew tobacco before your check.
• Kindly get your urine/stool specimen in sterile container provided by the Centre.
• If you are taking any other medication Please bring all your medical prescriptions and medical records with you.
• You are required to provide first sample of blood in the phlebotomy area. You will be requested to take breakfast and provide second sample of blood exactly after 2 hours of breakfast.
• The breakfast provided, contains the sufficient amount of calories required for post prandial blood test.
• Reports will be made available after 3 working days from the date of completion of the entire health check.

Medical History:

• This would require to answer a very structured questionnaire, which shall help our medical staff to assess current state of health.
• After providing a sample of blood and medical history the patient will be required to undergo the various investigations mentioned below according to the package:
  • ECG
  • X-ray Chest
  • TMT (Stress Test)
• Others ( if any).
• Once you have completed the entire battery of tests, our customer care executive shall schedule a review appointment with our consultants if required, who would discuss the test results with you and provide you with relevant recommendations.
• Female customers who are pregnant are advised not to undergo X-Ray chest.
• Since the various tests would require you to change into patient gowns frequently it is advisable to wear appropriately comfortable clothes and footwear.

Some F.A.Q’s with respect to Preventive Health Care

NDC : Preventive Healthcare

What is Preventive Healthcare?

Preventive healthcare involves measures taken to identify and minimize risk factors for disease, improve the course of an existing disease and screening for early detection of disease.

What is a Screening Test?

Screening is a method of finding diseases in people who do not yet have any signs or symptoms of the disease being screened for. Although this idea sounds great, and we could ask: "Why don’t we screen for all diseases?" the answer is quite complex.

Early recognition and prevention of disease is an important part of healthcare because it detects disease at the initial and curable stages thereby preventing complications and co-morbidities. It is also a whole lot cheaper and effective than treating a full-blown disease at a later stage.

Preventive Healthcare also involves health promotion, which is aimed at modifying the individual’s social circumstance and lifestyles so that their health is improved (or maintained) and disease is prevented.

Another aspect of Preventive Healthcare is the early identification of high-risk individuals prone to major life-threatening illnesses like heart disease and cancers. This helps in taking timely, precautionary lifestyle modification measures or treatment.

The ultimate goal of screening is to help people live longer and healthier lives.

Why is Preventive Healthcare so crucial?

Some diseases like cancers cannot be cured if they are diagnosed at an advanced state while some disorders like heart disease may result in sudden death without any previous warning signs.

Prevention, in such cases, is not only better than cure but is often the only option for a healthy life. Modern lifestyles don’t leave people with quality time for healthy routines. It then becomes necessary that periodic health checkups be done for early detection of risk factors and diseases.

Diabetes, Obesity, Hypertension, Stress, High Cholesterol, Heart Diseases…

Most of the diseases are “silent”, We often do not have any early symptoms. Hence regular screening tests are the only way for early detection.

All these diseases are quite debilitating. They seriously impair normal life and if left untreated, lead to complications and may even cause death.

Fortunately, these diseases can be easily prevented and even fully cured if detected early. Some of these diseases can be ‘managed’ so that you can lead a near normal life. All that you need to do is to make slight modifications in your lifestyle, eat regularly and responsibly, exercise, avoid stress, and sleep well. Regular health check – ups coupled with these lifestyle changes, can go a long way in the prevention, early detection and cure of these disease.