RSSHI (Research Society for the Study of Hypertension in India) is the most significant research society of doctors that treat hypertension in India.
RSSHI bore fruit with it’s multispecialty collaboration to treat patients with Hypertension in the best way possible. The Society has the most number of permanent members that have enlisted to continue the research and collaborate for better treatment of high blood pressure in India.
Dr. CR Rawat has been elected as the 1st President of RSSHI in this regards due to his senior status in patient care, experience and also in the way he treats hypertension. Dr CR Rawat believes in not just controlling hypertension but also improving the quality of life of patients with blood pressure and decreasing the pill burden of patients with blood pressure.
High blood pressure can cause a lot of problems in patients including Coronary Artery disease (Heart blockages), Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke, or brain hemmorhhage), Kidney problems (CKD), decreased vision (Hypertensive Retinopathy).
Dr CR Rawat sir elaborated the role of specialists in this scenario and the need for multispecialty approach. Dr CR Rawat in his presidential oration detailed about the need to get the patient aware regarding blood pressure, as most patients do not know they have high blood pressure, until it is too late. This is why high blood pressure is known as a silent killer.
Dr. CR Rawat is the senior most consultant cardiologist and physician in Agra, and founded Agra Heart Centre and Multispecialty Hospital at 5, church road civil Lines, Ram Nagar colony, Agra (Contact: 7830000618)