HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 05-05 Blood pressure checks urged by Mayor Bruton THE REVIEW Blood pressure checks
urged by Mayor Bruton
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"Hypertension Detection Days" were their disease;and
officially proclaimed by Maplewood "WHEREAS,the Kidney Foundation of
Mayor Robert T.Bruton recently.May 18 the Upper Midwest and participating
and 19 have been designated as special 'Dairy Queen' stores in Minnesota are
days for blood pressure checks. sponsoring a statewide hypertension
Bruton's proclamation reads as campaign;
follows: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
"WHEREAS,some fifteen percent of RESOLVED that I, Robert T. Bruton,
the adult population between the ages of Mayor of Maplewood,do hereby proclaim
18 and 69 currently suffer from hyper- Tuesday and Wednesday,May 18 and 19,
tension or high blood pressure;and as'Hypertension Detection Days'in the
"WHEREAS,this suggests that more City of Maplewood,and strongly urge all
than 300,000 Minnesotans and 20,000 adults to have their blood pressure
Maplewoodites currently have hyper- checked for free on either of those days."
tension,half of whom are not aware of Robert T.Bruton,Mayor