FITNESS FOREVER
In the wake of Covid-19, I am organising a series of monthly talks titled “Fitness Forever” for and at IIC (India International Centre) on the theme of maintaining good health & building a strong immunity to be disease free, an integral part of our lives, through prevention and correct management of urban lifestyle.
The inspiration for this series of talks is our bosom pal – good ole Covid ! that likes to take up residence in our lungs
How a miniscule germ that is defeated by the simple soap has brought all of humanity to our knees –
or many of us to our graves.
How helpless we feel, flapping around, confused, defeated
Kaise ek chote se kitanu ne hum sab ko itna hataash kar diya !
While not much can be said or done in the face of the fury of nature
What is in our hands – the least we can do is take care of ourselves.....ourselves
Our body is a gift of nature, as the Buddhists say “precious human life”
Rather than fall prey to diseases how can we built up the strength, the immunity to shun diseases
Prevention is better than cure!
The Fitness Forever programme will focus on physical, mental & emotional health, based on the four pillars of good nutrition, regular exercise, sound sleep and freedom from stress. The stress quotient being particularly emphasised and to be dealt with through various methodologies including utilising the Arts as therapy.
Introduction by Anu Jindal
Delivered in the first session on 23 Feb 2022
India International Centre
Cordially invites you to the first talk in the series “Fitness Forever”
"Forget Six Packs - Are you Liver-Fit?
The Engine, the Factory, the Detox Mantra within us"
Dr Arvinder Soin
Chairman and Chief Surgeon,
Medanta Liver Transplant Institute
Moderator: Anu Jindal
Wednesday 23 February 2022, 6.30 pm
Conference Room 1
India International Centre
Max Mueller Marg, Lodi Estate
New Delhi 110003
In the fast paced urban lifestyle of today, staying healthy becomes a challenge, encouraging us to veer towards quick fixes, ignoring that the mantra lies within us. Dr. Soin, credited with the first liver transplant in India, expounds on this mantra, through keeping the liver fit.
View recording of talk on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjbq9SQ_UrQ
Padmashri Dr. Arvinder Soin has a very long chequered career,
to encapsulate it in brief.
Dr. Soin is Group Chairman & Chief Liver Transplant Surgeon at Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Gurugram & Lucknow, India’s largest and most successful liver transplant center. He is also Chairman - Liver Transplantation at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai.
Dr. Soin holds degrees in MBBS and MS from AIIMS i.e. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and FRCS from Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as FRCS, Intercollegiate, subspecialty Transplant Surgery.
Dr. Soin is credited with having performed the first successful liver transplants both adult and pediatric in India way back in 1998. Since then he has performed the highest number of successful liver transplants in India - over 3000. He is a surgical innovator, researcher, and Healthcare Investor. With many firsts in terms of innovative surgical techniques, he is justifiably renowned in India and globally for his pioneering contribution to Liver transplantation and live donor liver transplant in India, and has placed India on the global liver transplant map.
Dr. Soin has shared his valuable work through numerous articles of his original research and has delivered 16 Orations and over 1200 lectures globally, and was editor of Elsevier book ‘Liver transplantation”. He has received numerous awards both national and international and has been conferred the Honorary Fellowship by KGMC, Lucknow, and is Visiting Professor at KEM College and Hospital in Mumbai
Over 120 liver transplant fellows as well as visiting transplant doctors and paramedics trained by Dr. Soin are running over 100 centers all over India.
He has supervised over 100 clinical research projects and has been very active in Research, Teaching, examining, conferences, workshops and consensus groups. He holds important positions in professional organizations both national and international and was recently inducted as Executive Council Member of International Liver Transplant society.
Dr. Arvinder Soin is particularly admired as one of the country’s foremost healthcare influencers and acknowledged sensible voices during the pandemic, as can be seen that he is one of the most followed physicians on Twitter globally, with nearly 100K followers.
This is but a very brief profile of Dr. Soin’s sterling career. Please check out his website for gleaning more details.
by the Master of Ceremonies - Yashna Shetty
