 Hypertension is one of the major modifiable risk factors for stroke. As most of you may be aware, stroke is of two types. It's chemically where the blood flow is blocked or where there is reduced blood flow to the brain and the other one is called as a hemorrhagic which is bleeding in the brain. And uncontrolled hypertension or uncontrolled blood pressure or high blood pressures can cause both these types of strokes. Friends, you may know that stroke is a disabling disease. It's otherwise called as a brain attack or paralysis where there is paralysis of one side of the body and we all know that hypertension is a major risk factor. So it is better to identify it early, monitor, treat it and monitor the blood pressures. On many occasions the first symptom may be a stroke or a heart problem and then when you check that the blood pressure is high and there may be instances where hypertension goes unnoticed because most of the times they are not symptomatic. So with this scenario on this World Hypertension Day I would request that anyone of you above 30 years of age because in the current scenario we see a lot of patients with young hypertension possibly because of the changing lifestyles so anyone above 30 requests you to kindly check your blood pressure on this World Hypertension Day and this would be a great service that you would be doing for yourself and if you find the pressures being abnormal the early treatment will go a long way in preventing most of the complications. Thank you.