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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsAs part of the World Alzheimer’s Day, on September 21, a walkathon was organised from Vellayambalam to Kowdiar. Around 250 people walked the stretch from Kanakakunnu Palace to Kowdiar Palace, holding banners and placards with the slogan ‘Dementia: Living Together’, the theme for World Alzheimer’s Month 2012. The messages carried called for ‘early detection’ and ‘understanding the debilitating disease’.The Alzheimer’s Day Walkathon was jointly organised ‘in memory of Alzheimer’s patients all over the world’ by the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI), and the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE). Flagged off by Finance Minister K M Mani, the event also saw the participation of E M Najeeb, executive director, KIMS Hospital, Sreekanth P Krishnan, secretary, ARDSI and V N Rajasekharan Pillai, executive vice president, KSCSTE.first published:September 22, 2012, 09:47 ISTlast updated:September 22, 2012, 09:47 IST
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As part of the World Alzheimer’s Day, on September 21, a walkathon was organised from Vellayambalam to Kowdiar. Around 250 people walked the stretch from Kanakakunnu Palace to Kowdiar Palace, holding banners and placards with the slogan ‘Dementia: Living Together’, the theme for World Alzheimer’s Month 2012. The messages carried called for ‘early detection’ and ‘understanding the debilitating disease’.

The Alzheimer’s Day Walkathon was jointly organised ‘in memory of Alzheimer’s patients all over the world’ by the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI), and the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE). Flagged off by Finance Minister K M Mani, the event also saw the participation of E M Najeeb, executive director, KIMS Hospital, Sreekanth P Krishnan, secretary, ARDSI and V N Rajasekharan Pillai, executive vice president, KSCSTE.