Rotary runs free health checks
Rotary clubs from all over Shropshire are holding a series of events across the county to promote health awareness, in which people will be able to have free tests for things like blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
Robyn Davies, of Wrekin Rotary Club - whose event is at the Asda superstore at Donnington Wood on April 27 - said: "It is blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index, and general health awareness. We have the health team from Wrekin Council and medical professionals working with us.
"A lot of people now are very conscious of blood pressure and have their own monitor. Last year at one of the events I was at we had older people coming in and saying they were on tablets. We then took their blood pressure and it was sky high, or the opposite. They had continued to take the medication they were given two years previously and had never gone back for a recheck.
"It's an opportunity to have a check and is totally anonymous."
The Health Awareness Days are a tie-up between national Rotary and the Stroke Association. The event at Asda is from 9.30am to 3pm and no booking is needed.
It is just one of a series of similar health awareness events across Shropshire, the others being: Saturday, April 7, hosted by the Rotary Club of Wem and District, Co-op car park, Wem High Street, 9.30am to noon; April 14, Whitchurch Rotary Club, Tesco superstore, White Lion Meadow, 9am to noon; April 20, Rotary Clubs of Shrewsbury, Darwin shopping centre, 10am to 4pm.
April 21, Bridgnorth Rotary Club, Whitburn Street market, 9am to 3pm; April 28, Ellesmere Rotary Club, Tesco, Canal Way, Ellesmere, 9am to 2pm; May 26, Ironbridge Rotary Club, Tesco, Madeley, 10am to 4pm.
May 26, Ludlow Rotary Club, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Mill Street, Ludlow, 10am to 4pm; June 2, Wellington Rotary Club, Wellington Square, 10am to 4pm; July 14, Newport Rotary Club, Newport Agricultural Show, Chetwynd Deer Park, 10am to 4pm.
