Diabetes Booth Set Up in Chennai Airport

Aimed at serving passengers, an hypertension and diabetes booth has been set up at the airport here offering basic tests free of cost.

CHENNAI: Aimed at serving passengers, an hypertension and diabetes booth has been set up at the airport here offering basic tests free of cost.

Airport Director Deepak Shastri inaugurated the booth established by pharmaceutical firm Eris Life Sciences, a press release said.

The booth would provide blood pressure, blood sugar and body-mass index tests free of cost while it would also educate the travellers about the growing incidence of hypertension and diabetes, it said.