RCSI Bahrain Mobile Diabetes Unit Supports Children in combatting Type 2 Diabetes

RCSI Bahrain Mobile Diabetes Unit Supports Children in combatting Type 2 Diabetes

The Mobile Diabetes Unit (MDU) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) continues to raise awareness among the child population in Bahrain on the risk of Type 2 diabetes, thanks to the volunteering efforts of nursing students and staff members of the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Among other activities held this academic year, the MDU was invited to participate at an event on the occasion of World Diabetes Day organised by the Bahrain Diabetes Society, under the patronage His Excellency Lieutenant General Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health and in the attendance of Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health at the Ministry of Health, Dr Maryam Al-Hajri. The MDU led by Ms Danah Smith, Lecturer in Nursing at RCSI Bahrain and Dr Maryam Alaradi, Senior Lecturer in Nursing at RCSI Bahrain, was given a token of appreciation for the continued efforts in promoting awareness to school children on the risks, symptoms and preventative measures of Type 2 diabetes.

President of RCSI Bahrain, Professor Sameer Otoom, commented on the Mobile Diabetes Unit’s work: “At RCSI Bahrain, we are proud of the work done by the Mobile Diabetes