A talk on Stigma And Society — What Do We Learn From Epilepsy? is going to be held at the India Habitat Centre on coming Tuesday and Dr Manjari Tripathi, associate professor, department of neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences will be the key speaker.
“People fear talking about epilepsy. The disease is harmless as compared to heart disease or cancer which they freely talk about and which are even more harmful. They avoid talking about it fearing that it would hinder the chances of getting a young person married, people would start discriminating and worst of all they think it is a result of some bad past karma or doing of some supernatural power,” Dr Tripathi said.
“As a result, the chances of the patient seeking medical help get reduced. They visit quacks or those people who do not know about the disease. They should either go to neurologist or an expert in medicine,” she added.
She emphasised that 80 per cent of the cases are curable and need regular intake of medicine.
She also stressed that none should hide the fact from the prospective suitors about the disease and instead of hiding should find a suitable match who is understanding.
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Merc-Skoda race leaves one injured
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
In a late night accident, a Mercedes car, which was reportedly racing with a Skoda car on an isolated road in Shakarpur, east Delhi, lost control and rammed into a WagonR, leaving its driver injured.
The incident took place on Friday night when an overspeeding Mercedes going towards Geeta Colony hit a WagonR which turned turtle,” a source said.
The driver of the WagonR, Mohammed Azeem, 21, was rushed to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital with injuries. “The WagonR driver was discharged after first aid. The Mercedes driver fled from the spot,” said a police source. The police however refused to divulge the identity of the accused.