Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Calling himself the ?Bob Marley of Diabetes,? Jamaican celebrity chef Charles Mattocks on Tuesday conducted a very successful diabetes tour of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Mattocks, who is actually the nephew of the legendary Jamaican-born reggae superstar and an active spokesman for diabetes, hosted the ?Diabetic You Patient Awareness Tour? on the main campus of the hospital on Schenectady Avenue.
Chef Mattocks? mobile tour, sponsored by Shire & HealTogether, provided education and awareness surrounding diabetes and its complications to patients and medical practitioners alike.
HealTogether is an awareness program dedicated to promoting proper foot care for people with diabetes, educating individuals about diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and encouraging those with DFUs to talk to their doctors about seeing a wound care specialist.
http://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2014/1/2014_01_22_nk_diabetes.html
Mattocks, who is actually the nephew of the legendary Jamaican-born reggae superstar and an active spokesman for diabetes, hosted the ?Diabetic You Patient Awareness Tour? on the main campus of the hospital on Schenectady Avenue.
Chef Mattocks? mobile tour, sponsored by Shire & HealTogether, provided education and awareness surrounding diabetes and its complications to patients and medical practitioners alike.
HealTogether is an awareness program dedicated to promoting proper foot care for people with diabetes, educating individuals about diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and encouraging those with DFUs to talk to their doctors about seeing a wound care specialist.
http://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2014/1/2014_01_22_nk_diabetes.html