Chaudhary’s Osteoporosis Research and Education (CORE) foundation has evolved a novel programme called Health Education and Tele-consultation on Osteoporosis (HEATCO) programme to provide revolutionary treatment solutions for curing osteoporosis among women.

As a part of this, CORE Foundation is planning to open a branch in Hyderabad to extend the HEATCO healthcare programme to the Telugu people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states.

Osteoporosis is a medical condition that affects every human being particularly women above the age of 35 years. The condition has become a subject of worldwide attention not only for healthcare professionals but also for the common man.

According to Dr Sanjeev Chaudhary of CORE Foundation, post menopause women need to undergo bone mineral density check up at regular intervals for preventive therapy, which is not happening. To bridge this gap, the CORE foundation has evolved an innovative self designed programme called HEATCO. The salient features of HEATCO programme is that apart from delivering awareness on progress complication and preventive measures of osteoporosis, the doctors also provides solutions for people who volunteer for the tele-consultation with the doctor.

As an effective method of controlling osteoporosis, HEATCO programme has revolutionised the field of health education. “If this programme is implemented by all doctors across different states in the country, the day is not far away when most of our Indian women will be educated on osteoporosis and India can record lowest incidence of osteoporosis. In fact health education and increased awareness about diseases to the rural and urban population plays a vital role to make India healthier,” says, Dr. Sanjeev.

The HEATCO programme has been successfully implemented in Maharashtra. Having tasted the success, Dr. Chaudhary feels that the programme can also be extended to other states across the country. Particularly interested to extend the programme in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Dr Chaudhary has decided to set up a branch of Core Foundation in Hyderabad.

At present an estimate of 50 million Indians are suffering osteoporosis. India is more or less considered as the global capital of osteoporosis. With growing number of ageing population in India, osteoporosis is only expected to become a major medical problem which may reflect in socio economic consequences, opined the doctor.