Dr Martin Mpe_CARDIOLOGIST
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MEASUREMENT MONTH
The one month in the year where South Africans can get a FREE blood pressure check
at participating pharmacies nationwide. And it’s the month that marks World
Hypertension Day on 17.05.
These are the facts and why this campaign is so important – especially in South
Africa:
Worldwide, more than 11-million people die from this chronic illness every
year
Worldwide 28 000 people die every day from the consequences of
hypertension - that’s the equivalent of 70 jumbo jets crashing and killing
everyone on board
In South Africa the picture is equally concerning: an estimated 53 men and 78
women over 30 die from the impact of hypertension every day
Hypertension is known as a ‘silent killer’ because it’s just that. There are no
symptoms and you don’t feel ill until you have a cardiac event like a heart
attack
The one month in the year where South Africans can get a FREE blood pressure check
at participating pharmacies nationwide. And it’s the month that marks World
Hypertension Day on 17.05.
These are the facts and why this campaign is so important – especially in South
Africa:
Worldwide, more than 11-million people die from this chronic illness every
year
Worldwide 28 000 people die every day from the consequences of
hypertension - that’s the equivalent of 70 jumbo jets crashing and killing
everyone on board
In South Africa the picture is equally concerning: an estimated 53 men and 78
women over 30 die from the impact of hypertension every day
Hypertension is known as a ‘silent killer’ because it’s just that. There are no
symptoms and you don’t feel ill until you have a cardiac event like a heart
attack