Dauphin and Manitoba team up to mark World Diabetes Awareness Day with a free mobile blood sugar testing clinic.
The first # Dynacare4Diabetes clinic took place in Winnipeg at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Aboriginal Church on Sunday and the next clinic is scheduled for November 21 in Dauphin.
From 11 am to 1 pm you can head to the Metis Community Health Center at 101-11 Avenue in Dauphin and Dynacare will donate 50 cents to Diabetes Canada for each A1C test in November.
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“The A1C test is a screening tool to see if you are at risk for diabetes and is a way to identify those who may have diabetes but don’t know it,” says Myles Duffy, Dynacare’s operations manager.
“You can go to any Dynacare (Laboratory and Health Services Center) in Manitoba and we will provide the test for you free of charge.”
Duffy says that diabetes has many potential complications and that taking the free test can prevent big problems down the road.
“There are groups that are at higher risk and we are targeting those populations with mobile centers to make it easier for them to reach and we are bringing our team with us to these locations to try and offer testing to these communities,” Duffy. He says.
Another facet of the November campaign is identifying the magnitude of diabetes in Canada.
Andrea Kwasnicki of Diabetes Canada says that Manitoba has one of the highest per capita diabetes rates.
“We have approximately 403,000 people affected by type 1, type 2 or prediabetes. [in Manitoba]. “
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Kwaznicki says access to care is pretty good right now, but more people are being diagnosed each year, so the demand for care is increasing as well.
“Ideally, if people have access to programs and services like the A1C test and access to doctors who can help them, it would be an opportunity to reduce risk factors,” says Kwaznicki.
“A lot of people walk with him and don’t realize it. [The test] it’s just a simple needle stick, and hopefully we can provide you with information that will help make populations healthier. That is our goal. “
Maples Community Center will host the clinic on Nov. 28 in Winnipeg from 11 a.m. M. A 1 p. M.
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