World Diabetes Day celebrated in Joypurhat
Joypurhat Correspondent
World Diabetes Day was celebrated in Joypurhat with the theme 'Build Diabetes Awareness in the Workplace'. A colorful rally was taken out from the Joypurhat Diabetes Hospital premises on Saturday noon. The rally circled the main road of the city and ended there again.
Later, District Diabetes Association General Secretary Belayet Hossain Lebu, Joint General Secretary Abdur Rahman Roni, Executive Member Badiuzzamal Badi, Hospital Medical Officer Dr. Sheikh Mamun Ishaq and Dr. Zakia Akhter Meri spoke at the public awareness discussion meeting.
To mark the day, free diabetes screenings were conducted on the hospital premises for patients under the age of 30 throughout the day.
