New Delhi, October 2015: Hope and Helping hands Society and Noida Running Group in association with Curofy - doctors networking application organized the diabetes awareness run today at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Special Commissioner, Delhi Police, Mrs. Vimla Mehra hosted the flag for the race.
The marathon had 1500 participants in total with abut 100 doctors who participated to support the cause. Curofy ran a two week campaign to enroll doctors for the run by taking free registrations from doctors on their application. The marathon included Half Marathon, 11KM 6KM and walk for Diabetes Awareness.
Despite having hectic schedule, around 100 doctors turned up for the event. Curofy is proud to contribute towards fitness of these care providers." said Mr Nipun Goyal, Co-founder, Curofy.
Sharing the experience, Dr. Rekha Khandelwal said, "Being a diabetes patient I realise the importance of early detection and management. Regular exercise keeps me going and my diabetes under control. This run was a great event to raise awareness about diabetes".
Further, Dr. Ila Jain commented, " A pathologists job is to diagnose patients suffering from diabetes. Rarely do we get a chance to spread awareness. This event helped me reach out to so many people and educate them about diabetes".
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