A SUPERMARKET in Wath is offering life-saving screening to male customers.
Tesco Extra on Biscay Way will host a special clinic for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening on the health bus on September 27.
An AAA is a swelling of the main blood vessel in the body, the aorta, which weakens and expands.
There are no symptoms and if left untreated the swelling can lead to a rupture and a serious risk of death from internal bleeding.
Men in their 65th year are automatically invited by post to attend a screening clinic.
The AAA health bus has visited Hoyland and Stairfoot Tesco stores and the Mechanics Institute in Wentworth, and will be parked in the supermarket’s car park where members of the screening team will be talking to customers about the condition as well as scanning males over the age of 65, who have completed a self-referral pack beforehand.
Men aged over 65 who have not been screened can make an appointment by contacting the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw AAA Screening Programme on 01709 649100 or by emailing dbh-tr.dbhaaa@nhs.net.
In order to be screened on the day an appointment must have been made with the AAA Screening Team.
