Osteoporosis Campaign

With the support of an spine surgeon : Dr. Khooshand Ramlugon and the Endocrinology and Diabetes Association in Mauritius, myself; Dr. Laura Ledesma (Robert) are arranging the first and exciting upcoming event,”Say No to Fragile Bones” related for World Osteoporosis Day.

The event is scheduled for Sunday 3rd November at Tribeca Shopping Mall. Our idea is the awareness campaign for Osteoporosis in Mauritius where the disease is underestimated. We work with patients who already had a fracture and we could appreciate the lack of prevention and/ or right treatment that they should be offered. The goal of our event is to “Be aware the population of Mauritius about osteoporosis and risk of fractures”. Frax tool assessment will be done, a huge challenge for us because our multiethnic origin ( indian, creole, caucasian and chinese)