OVER 50 per cent of the 700 volunteers in Arusha who agreed to undergo free diagnosis for various ‘lifestyle and other non-communicable diseases,’ were found to be sick.
Professor Peter Mhando, a cardiologist,
said while many of the non-communicable diseases could result from old
age, others were as a result of ‘modern lifestyles’ of poor eating
habits and lack of routine exercises.
He said the free testing of the NCDs in
Arusha was organised and conducted by Kammed Consult Health Centre,
teaming up with the International Pharmaceutical Company in its
Laboratory and the Macleods Pharmaceutical wing known as IPCA.
The cardiologist said the four-day
exercise took place at Kammed Health Clinic within the city and after
the diagnosis, those found sick would be offered free consultative
advice on how to lead healthy lifestyles, including the need to eat
right diets.
Though physically well in appearance, he hinted that many of the patients were “medically sick” according to the diagnosis.
The expert said the Arusha case study
may well reflect the way majority of Tanzanians could also fall sick
without knowing, adding that it was “possible because many of the
noncommunicable diseases can hardly be felt normally.”
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