The Minister Osmani visited the station for preventive examinations in the Pension home in the municipality of Chair

During the summer months the Program for free examinations continues, that are taking places in the rural and tourist places in the country

Skopje, July 17, 2009 – The minister of health Bujar Osmani today visited the station for preventive diseases in the Pension Home in the municipality of Chair in Skopje where the pensioners had an opportunity to make a free of charge examination of their blood pressure, weight, hight, the level of blood sugar and to get advisies for enforcing their health.

- The Ministry of health continues during the summer period with the free preventive examinations, but this time mainly in the rural municipalities in the villages and the turistic places. In the pension Home are situated ore than 100 pensioners so the indicators for this group of population are usually not in order. Therefore I consider that these types of examinations will be of use for detection of their health problems, stated after the visit the minister Osmani.

He underlined that the greatest part of the diseases are chronic diseases and could be stopped if regular examinations are being performed. This is part of this practice and policy of the Ministry of health to approach preventive in order to stop the diseases.

In the Republic of Macedonia, said Osmani, are posted 34 stations mainly in the rural parts and the turistic places Ohrid , Struga and Dojran during the summer months.

The examinations are realized in the framework of the Profgram for free preventive examinations in the organization of the Ministry of health with durect participation of the helath care workers from the Institutes for health protection and the Health Care Homes. This project costs six million denars.

The purpose of the Program is the possibility for an early discovery and preventive from diseases such as the high pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. At the stations the citizens will receive advises for a healthy ways of consuming food, protection from the high temperatures and will be give printed educational materials.

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