trichy inmates of trichy central prison attended an awareness programme on hypertension and heartrelated ailments on its campus on wednesday organised by chief cardiologist dr senthilkumar nallusamy of rana hospitals to mark world hypertension day on may 17 the programme was attended by more than 1800 inmates including convict and remand prisoners dr senthilkumar said hypertension a silent killer should be detected early and treated the theme for this years world hypertension day is measure your blood pressure accurately control it live longer the theme focuses on combating low awareness rates across the globe mainly in low to middleincome areas and accurate blood pressure measurement methods stating that a main risk factor to develop a heart attack and stroke is high blood pressure he said prisoners may have the risk due to the stress caused by the crime committed the doctor advised inmates to look after their tender heart by taking healthy food doing regular exercise quitting smoking and alcohol and doing meditation to reduce stress levelstnn