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NEWS & VIEWS 21
Getting at a killer disease
Silenced
Is your heart healthy? Are there for a while
things in your lifestyle which could
be damaging it and giving you A normally chirpy and talkative
problems in the future? mum took a vow of silence in aid of
Health workers took to the read a local playgroup in May.
to tackle Britain's number one killer Sparcells Playgroup vice-chair
disease when they h'ld a 'Look after and chatterbox Elaine Munday sat
your heart' roadshow at the begin- through a noisy playgroup session
ning of May in the West Swindon without saying a word on 14 May
Centre. and raised over £100.
Hundreds of people visited the Playgroup supervisor Coby Day
display of information on how to said, "It's a long time for Elaine to
improve their life style and their stay quiet."
chances of living longer. Practical Shouting their heads off, from left,
advice on diet, exercise and how to Sparcells children Harry Jones, Kyle
stop smoking was on hand from the Robson, Simon Bedwell and Robyn
health staff and people were able to Hawkins with Elaine Munday
test their heart condition by doing a
simple exercise routine. Jackie Lynch of Crawford Close takes a Better late than never
Smokers were persuaded to blow big puff into the smoke analyser We reported that local health work- Things looked up when the staff
into breath analyser to check out the tion stand and talked to us about ers would move into the long were told they could open in late
condition of their blood, lungs and how they could improve their fitness awaited Health Centre in the week May, but this was too good to be
heart. and diet. The Swindon Health Au- beginning 20 May. true and another delay put an open
Local health visitor coordinator thority has set itself the target of Originally the centre was planned date to mid-June again.
Jenny Jardine declared the event a reducing the high levels of heart to open in November 1990, then it The Health Centre opens to the
success. "We were pleased that so disease in the area. I hope we were was January 91, and finally it was public on Monday and the telephone
many people visited the informa- able to get the message across." delayed to mid-June this year. numbers are 877233 and 877244.

Charles

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