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Diabetes Care Foundation Launches Charitable Camps To Promote Awareness
Referring specifically to the initiatives being taken up through his awareness camps, he said that the first camp had been held on November 16 this year, on the eve of World Diabetes Day, at which about 100 patients were present, and received free medicines for diabetes and blood pressure and free educational material related to diabetes.
He said that the Diabetes Care Foundation Of India is a registered charitable society, which aims to promote health awareness among the common masses in the field of diabetes.
At the awareness camps, he said patients would be offered the following facilities: free blood sugar check up; free consultation with diabetes specialist; free consultation with neurologist for diabetic neuropathy, including the use of bio-thesometer; free consultation with an eye specialist for diabetic retinopathy; medicines for diabetes and blood pressure at concessional rates; Insulin vials and insulin pens at concessional rates (pens being offered at Rs.600 as opposed to a market rate of Rs.1200 and vials being offered at Rs.150 as opposed to a market rate of Rs.185), besides 35 insulin strips at a concessional rate of Rs.2200 as opposed to a market rate of Rs.2900, and glucometers for checking blood sugar at concessional rates.
He said that patients attending these camps should come with the latest blood sugar fasting and PP of diabetes patients (if already a known diabetic). He said that patients interested in attending these camps could seek inquiries on his e-mail.
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