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Lifestyle diseases threat to locals in Mt Kenya region, doctors say

Dr Mahabubur Rahman Khan, a dentist from Taiba medical centre, Nairobi attends to a dental patient during a free medical camp organised by Rotary Club held at St Paul's ACK Cathedral (PHOTO: JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD)

More than half of the 550 patients who sought treatment at a free medical camp organised by seven rotary groups in Mt Kenya region were found to have a lifestyle disease.

Judith Karimi, president of Rotary Club of Kirinyaga, noted that residents had many lifestyle diseases.

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