Sakina Begum Institute of Diabetes and Endocrine Research (SIDER) awareness camp
Sakina Begum Institute of Diabetes and Endocrine Research (SIDER) in collaboration with Akhuwat Foundation conducted an awareness camp on Saturday, 9th November 2019. The camp was conducted to spread awareness about Diabetes and curtail its incidence through education, prevention and monitoring. The attendees were also provided with free medical consultation including BMI, Vitals and Blood Sugar Tests.
Shalamar Diabetes Day at LUMS
Shalamar Diabetes Day at LUMS Sakina Begum Institute of Diabetes and Endocrine Research (SiDER)of Shalamar Hospital in collaboration with LUMS Department of Biology arranged free Diabetes screening tests on 26th April 2018 for the students and staff of LUMS. The event commenced with seminar on Diabetes presented by Director of SiDER, Prof. Bilal bin Younis, followed by free medical consultations from Consultant Diabetologist Dr. Rozina Arshad, Diabetologist Dr. Saira Youaf and Nutritionist Ms. Faiza Kamal. The attended were also offered free blood sugar tests, blood pressure tests and BMI tests inside the Changing Diabetes ® mobile health unit. The endeavor earned an enthusiastic response as 135 members of the LUM community including students, support staff and faculty members made their way to the unit to receive free consultation. The unconditional support of Novo Nordisk proved indispensable in making this trial a success.
Cardiac Awareness Seminars
Cardiac Awareness Seminars A series of cardiac awareness seminars were conducted by Shalamar Hospital at TEPS Institute of Arts & Deign, FC College, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) and Jazz on 7th March, 15th March, 11th April, and 26th April, 2018, respectively. The seminars were led and conducted by various faculty members including Head of Cardiology Department Dr. Kamran Babar, Associate Professor of Cardiology Dr. Javed Ashraf and Assistant Professor of Cardiology Dr. Naresh Kumar, who presented educational seminars on cardiac heath, its risk factors and timely management. They also offered free medical consultation to attendees. In addition, Associate Professor and Head of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr. Ammar Hameed Khan, and Assistant Professor Dr. Muhammad Muneeb also provided heir consultation services to attendees without charge. Various free tests including blood screening tests, cholesterol tests, BMI tests, uric acid tests were also made available through collaboration with several distinguished pharmaceutical companies.