Free diabetes screenings at Nawaloka Hospital

To commemorate World Diabetes Day 2012, Nawaloka Hospital will be hosting a diabetes screening camp which would be free-of-charge for the public on Wednesday, November 14. This public awareness event would be held at the hospital car park.

Visitors to Nawaloka Hospital on November 14, would benefit from free testing of random blood sugar (RBS), body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure as well as a free examination from a medical officer.

They would also be made aware about this potentially life-threatening condition via a diabetes awareness programme carried out by a medical officer, as well as being given free consultation on a healthy diet by a dietician.

Additionally, Nawaloka Hospital is also offering a 10% discount on a Diabetes Screening Health Check package for a period of one month, starting from World Diabetes Day, November 14.

Nawaloka Hospital would also conduct diabetes education for the public at this year's Diabetes Walk, an awareness-raising event, organised by the Diabetes Research Unit, University of Colombo. This event, which is being held at the newly declared open walking area close to the country's Parliament, would take place under the patronage of Sri Lanka's First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa.

With more than 400 beds and 600 visiting medical consultants, Nawaloka Hospital is the largest local private hospital in a single location, which is also the country's first fully fledged private healthcare institution, opened in 1985 with only 100 beds. The hospital was responsible for the well-being of over 1.5 million patients in total during the 2011/2012 period, during which it also carried out close to15,000 surgeries.