Aster DM Healthcare organizes the largest diabetes screening camp in UAE

  • Date: 20-Nov-2022
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Aster DM Healthcare organizes the largest diabetes screening camp in UAE

Dubai – On occasion of World Diabetes Day 2022, Aster DM Healthcare, one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in GCC and India, is organizing the largest diabetes screening camp in the UAE. The camp was inaugurated on 19th November 2022 by senior officials from the UAE Ministry of Labour, Dubai Police, Dubai Health Authority and Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services, along with senior officials from Aster DM Healthcare, and is being held at Dubai Investment Park 2. Through this camp, the group aims to screen the labour camps in the DIP area and provide more than 10,000 free screenings within 24 hours. This initiative is also an attempt by the group to set a Guinness World Record.

With this initiative, Aster DM Healthcare aims to create an awareness on Diabetes amongst the blue collar workers in the UAE who often tend to ignore their own health while pushing through their daily jobs, living away from their families. A separate area at the same venue has been set up for screenings for females and families. This is a part of the Group’s continuous efforts to encourage people of UAE to take care of their own health and undertake proactive measures to