Good health is related to your productivity: VP

Jodhpur: Highlighting the direct relation between health of an individual, productivity of the individual and the overall health of the society, VP Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said that, “Health is paramount and priority concern as good health is not only necessary for individual, not for our pursuits, but for good health of society. That broadly is also your theme. Friends, having good health is directly related to your productivity, as I said. If you are not healthy, your productivity will not be optimal. Rather than helping others, you might be seeking other’s help.” Addressing the 64th convocation of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) at AIIMS Jodhpur, Dhankhar expressed concern over commercialization and ethical dilution in medical profession. VP invited attention to ‘Bhagvad Gita’ and stated, “ I would particularly seek to invite attention to a verse in Gita. You would recall the 18 chapters, if you go through them, they contain ultimate sublimity of wisdom.” VP stated, “We are having youth engaging into drugs, getting into depression, having mental stress and mental stress in nation which according to IMF is a favourite global destination of opportunity.