Mobile heart-screening unit moves across Jamaica
Published:Wednesday | April 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM
The Heart Foundation of Jamaica will be visiting a number of health centres across Jamaica during April to carry out heart screening, blood pressure checks, blood sugar checks, and total blood cholesterol and haemoglobin checks at a reduced cost.
Today, the mobile unit will be at the Yallahs Health Centre in St Thomas. Tomorrow, it will be stationed at the Maxfield Park Health Centre in St Andrew and the Lacovia Health Centre in St Elizabeth. On Friday, the unit will be at the Maggotty Health Centre in St Elizabeth.
The mobile unit resumes screening at the Southfield Health Centre in St Elizabeth on Thursday, April 18.
The screening concludes the following week at the Guy's Hill Health Centre in St Catherine on Tuesday, April 23; Santa Cruz Health Centre on Wednesday, April 24, and Black River Health Centre on Friday, April 26, both in St Elizabeth.
All screening will be done between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Each individual screened will receive private counselling from a registered nurse. Persons who are on medication are being asked to take it with them.