PREVENTIVE MEDICINEIS NEED OF THE HOUR Elvidio Miranda The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed everyone to the vulnerability of contracting a life threatening disease. It is in light of this aspect that Preventive Medicine should be encouraged so as to be able to make men immune to diseases, for greater part of their lives. Doctors should now concentrate on prescribing not only nutritious diets but also food supplements and immunity boosters as also a strict regimen of exercise and physical exertion which will strengthen not only the immune system but also ensure that all the organs of the body will synchronize their functions in such a manner that diseases are prevented. In this context master endocrinologists, cancer specialists, heart specialists, orthopaedists, eye specialists, ENT specialists, urologists, nephrologists etc. are required to advise common men on how to make the body immune from diseases of all types. In tandem with prevention of organic disorders if psychologists also pool their resources, men and women can have robust physical and mental health that will lead to the world becoming a healthy place to live in, free of diseases. It is beyond doubt that prevention is better than cure and if physicians advise on prevention, sturdy generations of people can inherit a healthier world. Just like the pituitary is the conductor of the endocrine orchestra, so also Preventive Medicine can eradicate diseases from the face of the earth to a great extent.,
