ELIZABETHTOWN – The Diabetes Bus is making its way back to Bladen County.
The traveling educational road show will make its next pit stop on Monday, Nov. 14, at Trinity United Methodist Church at 901 W. Broad St. The free event is sponsored by Bladen Medical Associates and will be from 1 to 3 p.m.
Bladen County Hospital is bringing the mobile classroom to Elizabethtown to help educate local patients and family members about the importance of staying on top of the disease.
If left uncontrolled, diabetes can lead to chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, kidney disease, blindness, limb amputations, and even death.
Roughly 24 million Americans have diabetes and as many as a third of U.S. adults could have the disease by 2050 if trends continue. North Carolina’s prevalence rate is higher than the national average, but has few diabetes management programs in rural areas.
The Diabetes Bus initiative was created with the help of a Duke Endowment to provide access to quality diabetes education to N.C. communities.
To learn more about the Diabetes Bus initiative, go to http://www.thediabetesbus.org/ or call Bladen County Hospital at (910) 862-5100.
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- Cape Fear Valley is a 765-bed regional health system serving a six-county region of Southeastern North Carolina, with more than 935,000 patients annually. A private not-for-profit organization and the state’s 9th largest health system, it includes Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center and Bladen County Hospital.
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