HYDERABAD
Hypertension on the rise in Hyderabad: Study
Hyderabad: A collaborative study by Gleneagles Global Hospitals (GGH), Hyderabad and Cardiological Society of India (CSI), Telangana chapter, which screened nearly 10,000 patients in Hyderabad, has said that 50 percent of the population in the city is prone to hypertension.
The survey, which is yet to be published in a peer-reviewed science journal, was released here on Tuesday by State Health Minister, T Harish Rao on the occasion of World Hypertension Day.