{"id":57036,"date":"2014-04-09T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/57036\/rotary-aims-at-improving-health\/"},"modified":"2014-04-09T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T08:30:06","slug":"rotary-aims-at-improving-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/04\/09\/rotary-aims-at-improving-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary aims at improving health"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Community members, young and old, benefited from the Rotary Health Days held in the city from April 2 to 4.<\/p>

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In Germiston, two sites, manned by Rotary volunteers and other non-profit organisations, which offered assistance, saw over 2 000 people in total.<\/p>\n

Rotary Health Days stations were set up at the Wannenberg Clinic, in Primrose, and the Klopper Park Clinic.<\/p>

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The Boksburg Lake, Johannesburg East and Edenvale Rotary Clubs worked hard at the Wannenberg Clinic and assisted many children and their mothers.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, alone, they saw more than 300 children and 200 women.<\/p>\n

In total, over the three days, they assisted 2 040 people.<\/p>\n

The Knights Pendragon and Bedfordview Rotary Clubs worked at the Klopper Park Clinic.<\/p>\n

They saw about 650 people over the three days.<\/p>\n

The following services were offered to the community: HIV testing and counselling; TB symptomatic screening; diabetes and blood pressure screening; polio and measles vaccinations; deworming and vitamin A drops.<\/p>\n

The Rotary Health Days proved a great success, with many people receiving care.<\/p>\n