The Royal Medical Group, in cooperation with Novo Nordisk Pharma Gulf Company, launched an electronic platform for weight management, as this initiative is part of an awareness campaign directed at people with obesity in Kuwait.
The platform allows community members in general, and those living with obesity in particular, to receive education on ways to control weight to deal with the disease, and to support them throughout their weight loss journey, by providing them with the possibility of consulting specialized doctors, to help them achieve a healthy weight and improve their quality of life. They can also find more information about the campaign on the Royal Group’s media platform reports Al-Rai daily.
For his part, the representative of the owners of the Royal Medical Group, Dr. Adel Al-Terkait, said that the group is striving to become a leading company in providing health care in Kuwait, and to meet the diverse needs of its customers, by providing all their necessary medical needs, and fulfilling its educational role towards society, through many Awareness and prevention campaigns, such as Direct Care.
Dr. Al-Terkait explained, “According to the latest statistics of the World Obesity Federation, about 44 percent of adults and 25 percent of adolescents in Kuwait suffer from obesity. Through this initiative, we would like to raise awareness of obesity among the community by using our online channels.”
For his part, Venkat Kalyan, Vice President and General Manager of Novonordisk Pharma Gulf Pharma, expressed his gratitude for this cooperation, pointing to the importance of concerted efforts for the benefit of patients and providing them with the necessary support, in order to reach a healthy weight.
For his part, Jay Thiagarajan, Regional Vice President of NovoNordisk, confirmed that the company is committed to addressing this current health challenge, by providing health care solutions that can meet the needs of people suffering from obesity, adding that cooperation with local pharmacies is one of the most important new ways to manage obesity. Obesity.
It is noteworthy that Novonordisk is a global health care company founded in 1923, and its headquarters in Denmark has been serving patients in Kuwait since the seventies, and aims to bring about positive change to overcome diabetes and other chronic diseases such as obesity, blood diseases, rare endocrine diseases, and others, so an agreement was reached with a group of pharmacies Royal has obtained the ISO certificate for quality since 2018, and its branches are spread in various regions of Kuwait to be a Kuwaiti model with international standards. It also seeks to meet the diverse needs of its customers, by providing all their necessary medical needs with the highest quality through our experience and our spread in various regions and governorates of Kuwait.
The group also aims to enhance its educational role towards the community, by providing reliable medical advice, and implementing many awareness and preventive campaigns in an effort to spread health awareness in the community.