The residents of York are being provided with free lung testing by employees and students of ST. John University in York.
With the day being World Spirometry Day, a day that supports the evaluation of the condition of the lungs utilizing breathe measuring. Therefore St. John University would be conducting breathing tests to caution people who could probably be suffering from lung ailments like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer of the lungs or tuberculosis.
A teaching assistant in Physiotherapy, Mr. Paul Humphrey stated that their main objective of these lung tests were to make the people of York become aware that there was something called spirometry testing and to urge them to get themselves examined. If the aliment can be identified early, it could have a terrific effect on the whole life of the patient because it would allow them to handle their situation by themselves and avail of treatment if required.
Those people who were interested in getting to know further details about the programme could log on to the site yorksj.ac.uk/wsd2012. The university would also blow holding drop-in meetings from 8 0’ clock in the morning to 6 o’ clock in the evenings that day and from 1 pm to 4 pm on Friday.
