Health Check

Harbans Kaur

Rainfall in Mumbai is said to be ‘below normal’ this year. And now, with the monsoon waning, there comes a sudden spurt in viral ailments of all variety. Not a day passes without news of someone or the other in the Garden down with some affliction – the most common being viral fever. Santosh Tyagi had it last week. Now it is Harbans Kaur’s turn. Even as she is recovering well, she remains home-bound and is yet to summon the strength to walk up to the Garden to exercise.
Given this backdrop of mounting health concerns, Jagmohan Papneja today extended

Jagmohan Papneja distributes papers on KDAH treat

an invite from Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) to high tea in its premises on Friday, September 11 at 4:00 pm. If that is not enough, there shall also be free lunch two days later, on Sunday, September 13 at the same venue. “It will be a five star fare,” Papneja assured while distributing copies of the invite.
Such uncalled-for generosity from an Ambani enterprise came as a surprise – more so, as KDAH is known for being the most pricey, exploitative and sub-standard medicare facility in our neighborhood. But then, to obfuscate matters, mention was also made of two seminars on Obesity and Diabesity and Alzheimer – words that were lost on practically everyone present this morning. What mattered was the free “five-star fare" Papneja was promising at KDAH’S expense and everything else on the sidelines be damned!