The Estcourt Senior Citizens Club commemorated World Diabetes Day recently, with the focus on kidney function, potassium levels and toxicity.

At the Wednesday meeting, public relations officer Ramika Peerbhay invited Sashen Naidoo and Eunice Dunn, who conducted blood pressure and diabetes screenings for the members.

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In addition, the members visited George Memorial Medical Centre, where kidney function testing, as well as monitoring of blood pressure and blood glucose levels were done.

“This is thanks to the Kidney Care Dialysis Centre, in collaboration with Global Laboratories. The club would like to thank Vusi Mdlalose (Global Labs), Sr Zanele Khanyile (second in charge at the Kidney Care Dialysis Centre) and Kashka Singh (owner and manager of the Kidney Care Dialysis Centre),” commented Mrs Peerbhay.

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