Westmeath Diabetes Branch event

The first Westmeath Diabetes Branch event in more than three years is an information evening on February 28 in the Annebrook House Hotel at 7.30pm

There will be a numbers of speakers, experts in the area of diabetes, discussing a variety of topics including foot care, nutritional information, advances in technology in diabetic care and more.

In 1921, when insulin was discovered it transformed the treatment of diabetes and there have many advances since then.

The first Westmeath Diabetes Branch was unable to mark the 100th anniversary of the discovery in 2021 because of Covid-19, and members are now looking forward to seeing one another at the event in February and hope all can all attend.