"We are the only City Council that has a center specialized in nutrition and attention to this disease," said Mayor Mauricio Vila.
To raise awareness among the risks of suffering from diabetes, Mayor Mauricio Vila Duramonth.
Accompanied by her wife and president of the DIF Mérida, María Eugenia Ortiz Abraham, the mayor said that although the health issue is not a faculty of the City of Mérida, but of the state and federal instances, the municipal government has benefited thousands of citizenswith care and prevention services for diabetes.
'We are the only town hall that has a center specialized in nutrition and diabetes attention, in it we attended in the last year 10,260 meridans who came to attend diabetes.613 workshops, thousand 215 individual consultations were given and 4,776 glucose level detections were made, for free and for people who did not have this service before, 'he said.
He added that two thousand 600 people have also benefited with the services of the Mobile Mastographer and the Medical Program at home, in addition 43 thousand 907 orientations of food education for the prevention of overweight, obesity, diabetes and hypertension have been given.
'And with the seven -step control program we attend to 286 patients with medical, psychological and nutritional consultations that would have a cost of 10,500 pesos per person in a private hospital and here in the City Council of Mérida we are giving it free of charge for freeThat you or your relatives can take advantage of it, 'he concluded.