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HELPING HANDS: A mobile clinic was donated to Mercy Clinic in Winterveldt during a World Diabetes Day function yesterday.

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Ngema-Zuma, whose mother lived with diabetes for more than 20 years, was speaking at Mercy Clinic in Winterveldt, where she donated a R1.2-million mobile clinic, which will now be permanently based there.

She said diabetes should not be seen as a killer disease when people are aware of it and know what to do. The mobile clinic has screened more than 45000 people since it was launched in 2007. Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk donated the clinic to Ngema-Zuma's foundation, who chose to give it to Mercy Clinic.

The clinic will now be a permanent place for treatment of diabetes and other incommunicable deceases.

Ngema-Zuma previously visited the clinic in 2010 to promote public awareness and education in diabetes.

"People in this community go all out to do better things for themselves," Ngema-Zuma said. "I have never seen such collaboration between the general public and a clinic, and it showed that when people work together they can achieve more.

"The way they wanted to make a difference for themselves showed me that they do not always want to depend but just need someone to hold their hand ... and I thought I could do my bit.

"I have no doubt that you will appreciate and guard it and make sure that its existence is of a lasting benefit to the community."

About 370-million people live with diabetes worldwide, and an estimated 6.5-million are South Africans.

Novo Nordisk's general manager Timmy Kedijang said the problem was that 50% of people living with diabetes did not know that they were suffering from the decease.

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Nov 15, 2012

Shredder

Diabetes is a D!CK death sentence
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Nov 15, 2012

MophemeKoPitori

LOL Shredder, but it's TRUE my brada. You won't even shoot
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Nov 15, 2012

antie

So take note all potential fraudsters. High blood pressure is a death sentence and cannot be cured, but diabetes is not a death sentence. Choose your ilness carefully.
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Nov 15, 2012

DJ-Winner

Good work by the first lady. Happy to see Zuma family doing something good for the people...
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Nov 15, 2012

SebolaNtimetseAdikateMoketla

a blessing to you woman!

thank you first lady

You answered an unresolved question for many

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

maybe some of us would still be having parents today
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Nov 15, 2012

Voetzek

Its a death sentence because men's kozozos narate to the baby one, and women tends to run away then suicide is the solution" is it not death sentence
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Nov 15, 2012

Vhamsanda

I disagree with the 1st Lady. If a man has diabetes, prostate cancer,heart condition and unemployed. The best thing for him is sex change.
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Nov 15, 2012

antie

Is she the 1st 1st Lady,the 2nd 1st Lady, the 3rd First Lady, or the 4th 1st Lady? It's actually a damn shame. I know what Michelle Obama looks like, and even Hillary Clinton, but our 1 to 4 1st ladies do so little public work that few people know what they look like. .
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Nov 15, 2012

CharlesTaylor

antie
Is she the 1st 1st Lady,the 2nd 1st Lady, the 3rd First Lady, or the 4th 1st Lady? It's actually a damn shame. I know what Michelle Obama looks like, and even Hillary Clinton, but our 1 to 4 1st ladies do so little public work that few people know what they look like.
---------------------------------------------------

Don't worry yourself, we South Africans know them.
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Nov 15, 2012

MommaC

antie

LOL
Its ironic ne? I had to google her to find out who she was. It is the 4th one and got married to our dancing playboy at easter this year.
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