Dr. Mustapha Rashid
Specialist Family Medicine
Aviation Medical Examiner
Deputy Medical Director
Dear Colleagues,
Preventive medicine is a medical specialty
recognized by the American Board of Medical
Specialties (ABMS), which focuses on the health of
individuals and communities. The goal of preventive
medicine is to promote health and well-being and
prevent disease, disability and death. Preventive medicine has three sub-specialty areas:
public health and general preventive medicine,
occupational medicine, and aerospace medicine.
Public health and general preventive medicine
focuses on promoting health and preventing
disease in individuals and communities. Aerospace
medicine focuses on the health, safety and
performance of crew members and passengers of
air and space vehicles, working closely with support
personnel who assist in their operation.
We at Valiant cater to general preventive medicine
and aerospace or aviation medicine in our Family
Medicine and Aviation Medicine departments. Each year, millions of people die of preventable
deaths. Leading causes included cardiovascular
disease, chronic respiratory disease, unintentional injuries, diabetes, cancers and certain infectious
diseases. According to estimates made by the
World Health Organization (WHO), about 55 million
people died worldwide in 2011, two thirds of this
group from non-communicable diseases, including
cancer, diabetes, and chronic cardiovascular and
lung diseases.
Health Screenings are tests that look for diseases
before you have symptoms. Screening tests can
find diseases early, when they are easier to treat.
You can get all essential health screening done in
our hospital.
Some conditions that we would commonly screen
for include:
- Breast cancer and cervical cancer in women
- Colorectal cancer
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Osteoporosis
- Overweight and obesity
- Prostate cancer in men
Which tests you need depends on your age, your sex,
your family history, and whether you have risk
factors for certain diseases. After a screening test is
completed you will meet with our doctors to
interpret and explain your results and formulate a
plan relevant to your current health issues if any and
plan for your next health screening.
Benefits of Health Screening
In order to ensure optimal health for everyone, health screenings should be a priority. Below are some of the main benefits of health screening:
- Early detection of diseases may result in better treatment and management, which reduces the risk of complications whilst increasing the chances of better health outcomes.
- Health screening helps to identify if the patient is at risk of, or has a disease or condition, that was not previously known about.
- Health screening can help people who have a family history of cardiovascular disease, stroke or diabetes with the process of prevention and provide them with timely treatments.
- One of the major risk factors for a variety of life-altering diseases is age. However, with early detection and treatment, the body can be provided with the best defense against these diseases.
We at Valiant care greatly about our patient’s health whether it is now or in the future and that is why we recommend annual health checks which are available at our hospital with all the required tests and facilities done in one place.
