Can Hyderabad be made Healthy? : Air pollution due to extreme traffic congestion is causing Heart attacks and Lung cancer Foundation for Futuristic Cities has organized the Roundtable on ‘Healthy Hyderabad – Wealthy Telangana’ at ASCI on 03 November 2019. More than 30 Eminent doctors, City planners, Technology experts, participated in the Roundtable Hyderabad, 3rd November, 2019: Foundation for Futuristic Cities organised a Roundtable on’ Healthy Hyderabad ‘ at ASCI on Sunday. Ms Karuna Gopal, President, Foundation for Futuristic Cities, Chaired the Roundtable. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Hon’ble Governor of Himachal Pradesh was the Chief Guest, the Guests of Honour were Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India and Shri Padmanabaiah, Chairman ASCI. The elite panel comprised of eminent medical specialists and intelligentsia including Dr B. Bhaskar Rao, Managing Director, KIMS Hospital; Dr Vasant Kumar, Senior Diabetologist, Apollo Hospitals; Dr Purnima Nagaraja, Senior Psychiatrist; Ms Sirisha, MD, Healthcare Startup using AI; Dr Saxena, Accomplished Environmental Medical Practitioner; Dr Vasuprada Kartic, Ph.D in Therapy Trauma Counselling; Dr Nagaraju, Urologist; Dr Manjula, Anaesthetist; Dr Vijayalakshmi, Gynecologist; Dr Vijayalakshmi, Professor of Urban Planning, JNTU; Dr Vedaprakash, Senior Orthopedician, Care Hospitals; Dr. Prakash Reddy, AYUSH; Dr. Geeta Nagashree, Oncologist & MD, Aasha Hospital and Shri GBK Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, Pragathi Resorts, amongst others. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said, the population of the cities has grown manifold but the infrastructure has not been improved commensurately and the urban areas are left crippled because of lack of basic amenities. 15 to 20% of the kids in urban areas suffer from obesity, the reason is lack of open spaces for children to play and have physical activity. Similarly all urbanites young are old are becoming victims due to various deficiencies and ills the urban areas present, including lack of clean air, clean water, un-adultered food, free flowing drainage, sanitation etc. This can be overcome only by  a concerted effort on the part of Government, Civil society, experts and the common man together. The Government has introduced Ayushman Bharat, the world’s biggest healthcare scheme for the poor covering over 55 cr people. The Government…