Andria joins the First National Prevention Day: tomorrow free visits in Viale Crispi

Also Andria adheres to First National Prevention Day.

Tomorrow, Saturday 20 April 2024in Viale Crispi, corner of Via Roma, from 9am to 7pm, Internal Medicine specialists and nurses in the medical area will be available to citizens who will be able to receive information on their state of health and good prevention practices.

The risk of metabolic and cardiovascular pathologies which still today represent the main cause of morbidity and mortality in our country will be evaluated, through the measurement of blood pressure, the evaluation of the body mass index and some biological parameters (blood sugar, cholesterol, triglycerides ).

Ad personam education interventions will also be carried out on infectious and neoplastic pathologies and chronic bronchitis.

The event is organized by doctors FADOI (Federation of Associations of Internist Hospital Managers) and nurses SOUL (National Association of Medicine Nurses) and has obtained the patronage of the Ministry of Health, the Italian Red Cross and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, as well as from Medicine of the difference.

In particular, in Puglia the day was organized thanks to the commitment of Dr. Salvatore Lenti (director of the Internal Medicine Unit of the Bonomo Hospital in Andria) and Dr. Franco Mastroianni (director UOC Internal Medicine Miulli Hospital of Acquaviva delle Fonti) representatives of FADOI Puglia, with the patronage of ASL BT and the City of Andria with the Italian Red Cross.

In this regard, the President of the Italian Red Cross of Andria, Antonio Veneziano, commented: “I am really very happy to have accepted the request to participate in the first FADOI prevention day, proposed by the director of the Internal Medicine Unit of the Andria hospital, Dr. Salvatore Lenti.

Our association has always been committed to prevention and these networking days with other associations strengthen the desire to generate a virtuous circle on correct and healthy lifestyles.

Today, many neglect their health for a thousand reasons, and these events serve to remind us that we must be careful, because investing in our future means starting precisely from prevention and so we will see you tomorrow in Viale Crispi at the corner of Viale Roma with the doctors and nurses of UOC of the Bonomo hospital in Andria and the UOC of the Miulli hospital in Acquaviva delle Fonti” – underlined Veneziano.

All citizens are invited to refer free of charge to the stands set up in Via Crispi where they can receive information on their state of health and the healthy lifestyle to adopt.

The objective of the day is to increase awareness that it is possible to prevent cardiovascular, neoplastic and respiratory diseases, which seriously impact the state of health, with simple lifestyle changes.