Diabetes Counselling and Education Services
Diabetes Counselling and Education Services
Living with diabetes can be challenging and overwhelming. When you understand more about your diabetes, you can better manage your disease and improve your quality of life. At Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre, we walk the journey of living with diabetes with you to provide the education and support you require to take charge of your condition and stay healthy.
Our dedicated and experienced Diabetes Nurse Specialists provide educational counselling services tailored to your individual needs as person living with diabetes as well as your caregivers. Our educational counselling services include:
- Understanding your diabetes, its medical management and prevention or minimise diabetes complications.
- Facilitating you in healthy food choices and live actively to stay healthy.
- Understanding your diabetes medicines and how they work which include insulin injection technique and other injectable medicine for diabetes.
- Empowering you in taking care of your diabetes which includes:
- blood glucose monitoring
- continuous glucose monitoring (a blood glucose technology which provides better insight into your blood glucose control as it records blood glucose levels automatically every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day for 7 to 14 days)
- home blood pressure monitoring
- home body weight monitoring
- Facilitating you to prevent or slow down your diabetes complications that include annual eye screening, blood and urine tests and preventive foot ulcer care that include assessment with biothesiometer (foot pressure examination).
- Addressing your challenges of living with diabetes and discuss potential problem-solving solutions (refer if needed).
- Providing handouts and recommend resources to help you make healthy changes and reduce your risk of complication to improve your quality of life.
You don’t have to manage your diabetes alone. Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre is here to support you.
Operating Hours:
Monday, Thursday and Friday only: 8.30 am-5.30 pm
Public Holiday: Closed
Health Screening 2, Level 2
+606 – 315 8888 Ext: 8949