In an effort to take diabetes screening to the grassroots, Novo Nordisk, the global healthcare firm, has launched 'Improve Control Mobile Clinic', a global initiative to educate patients on diabetes. | |
| "Mobile clinic is a van designed to deliver diabetes detection and treatment facilitation at the doorstep in rural areas. It is equipped with blood-glucose monitoring systems, weight check and body mass index platforms and patient education," said Melvin D'souza, managing director, Novo Nordisk India. |
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| The first van is set to roll out in Bangalore on a pilot basis in the first phase and would cover towns and cities in a 150-km radius in three months. Later, it will be extended to other parts of the state. |
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| In the final phase, four cities "" Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata "" would be covered. The company has set a target to screen 10 million (rural-city population in the ratio of 60:40) people by 2008. |
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