National Type II Diabetes Screening Day Thursday 19th January

 photo © rte.ie

Type II Diabetes will feature prominently in the upcoming series. With 5% of the population with Type II Diabetes, Operation Transformation hopes to raise huge awareness to a disease that bears chronic complications for those diagnosed. On Thursday 19th January 2012 Operation Transformation, together with Irish Medical Organisation President Dr. Ronan Boland and the doctors of Ireland, will hold National Type II Diabetes Day.

The IMO will provide doctors from 9 am - 12 noon in 9 centres throughout the country where people deemed high-risk after completing a risk assessment form will receive a free capillary prick test. These tests provided by appointment only.

IMO will have 9 locations running simultaneously, covering the four corners of the country and City Square is one of them:

Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Dublin
Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin
Quayside Shopping Centre, Sligo
Galway Shopping Centre, Galway
Mahon Point Shopping Centre, Cork
City Square Shopping Centre, Waterford
Long Walk Shopping Centre, Dundalk
Athlone Town Centre, Athlone
Crescent Shopping Centre, Limerick

More information on Operation Transformation website