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By Karen Longwell

Published September 7, 2022 at 12:49 pm

A mobile clinic is offering free Type-2 diabetes tests in Brampton and Mississauga this month.

Dynacare, a medical testing company, is launching their Dynacare4Diabetes campaign in Mississauga on Thursday, Sept. 8.

The mobile clinic will be at Guru Singh Sabha Malton Gurdwara, 7280 Airport Rd. in Malton from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Attendees can learn about the risk factors for Type 2 diabetes and receive a free A1C test.

There is no cost to participants and none of the services will be billed to Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).

Another mobile clinic will be in Brampton on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Centre Brampton Glidden Gurdwara, 99 Glidden Rd. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Its estimated 30 per cent of all Canadians, or 11.7 million people, are living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to Diabetes Canada.

People over the age of 40 have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes or if you have a parent, brother, or sister with diabetes, according to Diabetes Canada.

Ethnic background is also a factor and people of African, Arab, Asian, Hispanic, Indigenous, or South Asian descent can increase your risk of living with type 2 diabetes.

Dynacare will make a 50-cent donation to Diabetes Canada for every A1C test completed, up to a total of $25,000.

For more information, visit the Dynacare website.

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