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Diabetes Screening
This year, the Lions of 105-I have
broken their own record of 7,210
and screened 7,912 people in three
days!
Between 22 nd -24 th September 2015,
the Lions ofIreland offered free
diabetes screening to anyone over
the age of 18 attending the National
Ploughing Championships held at
Stradbally, Co. Laois.
Over the three days, there were 63
nurses and 75 Lions on hand that
were divided into six shifts, working
two shifts per day. Of the 7,912
people tested 693 or 8.8% were
referred to their own GPs for further
checks and tests.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FROM
JOHN O’DONOVAN, DIABETES
AWARENESS OFFICER 105-I
• The effort made by all 10 clubs
involved: Baltinglass, Carlow,
Edenderry, Kilcullen,
Monasterevin, Naas,
Newbridge/Kildare, Portarlington,
Portlaoise and Tullamore.
• District PR Officer, Frank Corr did
agreat job prior to the event and
ensured that we hit the ground
running.
• Caroline Foley Kearns, our PR
officer, did it again she got alive
interview with Alan Cantwell on
ITV. She had us on Facebook and
several radio stations. We even
got alook in with Marty and Aine
Lawlor on RTE TV.
• Lion Laurence O’Keeffe,
Portarlington LC operated as site
manager and had all of us toing
the line. He was ably supported
by the “Back Room Team”
comprising ofShane O’Neill and
Collette Kennedy all from
Portarlington LC, along with VDG
Paul Allen and last but not least
PDG Liam Lyons, all of whom
gave of their time for all three
days and ensured that the wheels
were kept well oiled.
• Typifying the spirit of all the
participants Lion Mary Barsum
O’Regan, who is president of
Bantry LC, left her home at 4AM
on Wed morning and worked a
full shift with us as anurse when
she arrived at our site, now that
shows commitment.
• Finally Ishould acknowledge the
help and support that we got
from our IPIP Lion Joe Preston
and his wife Joni who paid us a
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
visit onTuesday morning. Indeed
Anna May came to greet them and
her daughter Anna Marie to whom
DG Marion made the presentation of
aHumanitarian award.
Thanks to all for your magnificent
efforts to make this project such a
success but especially to DG Marion
for crunching the numbers and
producing statistics.
2013 2014 2015
No % No % No %
Total Tested 4,811 7210 7,912
Male 2,674 56 4090 57 4,382 55
Female 2,137 44 3120 43 3,530 45
Referrals 545 11.3 617 8.6 693 8.8
Male 326 12.2 391 9.6 447 10.2
Female 219 10.2 226 7.2 246 7.0
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December 2015/January 2016
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