camp activities
The third diabetes at the Maternity and Children Hospital in Buraidah, the Director of the Maternity and Children Hospital in Buraidah, Mr. Saleh bin Fahd Al Qassumi, inaugurated this afternoon, Monday, the activities of the third diabetes camp, which is organized by the Maternity and Children Hospital at the headquarters of the Department of Continuing Education and Training and will last for three days, in the presence of Dr. Ahmed Al-Kulia and Dr. Muhammad Al-Mutlaq, a consultant endocrinologist Dr. Barakat Al-Mutairi, director of the Diabetes Center in Buraidah, and the Director of Public Relations and Health Media at Qassim Health, Professor Muhammad bin Saleh Al-Dabbasi, and a number of doctors specializing in this field
The director of the hospital, Mr. Saleh Al-Qassoumi, considered that this camp is one of the most important programs that the hospital organizes annually, through which many awareness and training programs are provided to the participating children and their families, in addition to the recreational programs provided during the camp period, and where the camp receives patients with diabetes and their families. In women''s activities, Dr. Naela Filemban, a consultant endocrinologist and specialist, Iman Al-Aql, a diabetes educator, both from King Abdulaziz City for the National Guard in Jeddah, members of the Department of Social Service, Health Education, Religious Awareness, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Laboratory and Nursing.
As the first day of the camp’s activities included the holding of workshops, and Al Qassumi emphasized that the goal of this camp is to educate and educate the diabetic child and her family to live safely with this disease by instilling self-confidence and training the families of children with diabetes on the means that help reduce the severity of the disease and control it. And helping children to practice all the activities carried out by uninfected children, getting to know new friends with the same disease and giving the patient privacy and interest in coping with the disease and their healthy peers.
For his part, Dr. Muhammad Al-Mutlaq from the Maternity and Children Hospital in Buraidah confirmed that during the activities of this camp, the focus will be on intensifying awareness and reviewing the symptoms of diabetes and how to deal with it, indicating that the rates of infection with this disease are increasing relatively in countries of the world, and Al-Mutlaq indicated to the activities of the camp hosting A number of experiences in this field to benefit from their experiences in how to deal with this disease.
Dr. Ahmed of the faculty also indicated that there is a great need for such awareness camps and that the statistics on the numbers of infection with this disease are alarming, stressing that with the concerted efforts of various segments of society, an optimal deal will be made in coexistence with this disease.
The activities of the first day included the presentation of a number of medical consultations for the families of patients with children with diabetes, the measurement of blood diabetes, and the presentation of a number of medical publications and brochures on diabetes.
It is noteworthy that a separate section has been allocated for women''s activities under the supervision of a medical staff specializing in diabetes, in order to reach the goal for which this camp was established
