Blood in Urine - Hematuria
Sasha Wainstein MD FACS Urology www.DrMDK.com
Sasha Wainstein MD FACS Urology www.DrMDK.com
Tuesday, October 4 2011
Last week, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar admitted that she has been diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes. The Prime Minister, 59, was last week admitted to the St Clair Medical Centre, after she complained about feeling unwell and noticed her feet were swollen.
On her release from the health facility, Persad-Bissessar admitted that she had not had a thorough medical examination in quite a while. She said, I am hypertensive and diabetic. We say people my age should have an extensive medical check-up every year; I havent had one for quite awhile. So it is important. When I came in, they decided to do all these tests, an executive medical check-up. So a number of tests were done, Persad-Bissessar said.
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