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FREE HEALTH SCREENING FOR CITIZENS FROM ALTındaĞ

25 October 2024

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Altındağ residents will age healthier... Citizens over the age of 40 residing in Altındağ participated in the detailed "Healthy Aging Screening" carried out in cooperation with Altındağ Municipality and Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics. Deputy Chief Physician of İbn-i Sina Research and Application Hospital, Dr. Ali Can Kurtipek and Ankara University Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Specialist Assoc. Dr. Citizens of Altındağ showed great interest in the free health screening organized under the leadership of Volkan Atmış. The "Healthy Aging Screening" application, which first started at Beşikkaya Women's Education and Culture Center, will continue in other Women's Education and Cultural Centers. A DETAILED HEALTH SCREENING WAS DONE Within the scope of healthy aging screening; Physical examination, blood and ECG tests, body mass index measurement, gait analysis, nutritional analysis, psychiatric and mental evaluation, and sleep analysis tests were performed. In addition to the vaccine evaluation, the compatibility of the drugs used by citizens was also checked. At the end of the screening, intervention and guidance were made according to the results. "ALL EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES ARE FREE..." Underlining that they attach great importance to public health studies, Altındağ Mayor Dr. Veysel Tiryaki said, "Health is an issue that should never be neglected... As Altındağ Municipality, we organized a detailed health screening for our citizens of Altındağ, in cooperation with Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. When our doctors and nurses came, they brought all their equipment and the devices they used. We created a hospital order. All the necessary examinations were performed. Our citizens benefited from all these services free of charge." Mayor Tiryaki added that healthy aging screening will continue in other Women's Education and Cultural Centers, and all citizens of Altındağ who wish to benefit from this service will benefit from this service free of charge. "WE WANT HEALTH SCREENINGS TO CONTINUE" Talip Ocak (42), who attended the health screening with his mother, father and wife as a family, said, "A detailed health screening was performed. I had all the requested tests and scans done. I had some questions in my mind. I wanted to participate in this health screening to resolve them. I was very pleased with the free health screening service. We thank our Municipality very much for this practice. We want such health screenings to continue." "WE THANK OUR PRESIDENT" Tülin Bilgin (70), who said that she has diabetes and blood pressure, said, "I brought the medications I used with me when I came for the scan. I use 4 medications. The health screening services provided at the hospital have come to our doorstep. We sometimes have difficulty going to the hospital due to old age. I had all the necessary tests done. I was very pleased with the health screening. It makes us very happy to see such services available. We would like to thank our Mayor for introducing us to these services."