Life-saving heart screening service proves its worth in Christchurch pharmacies

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Life-saving heart screening service proves its worth in Christchurch pharmacies

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
CardiAction
CardiAction, a heart screening service, has been trialled in three pharmacies in Christchurch over the past 18 months [Image: Supplied]

CardiAction, a new service to detect patients at risk of cardiovascular disease, is looking to expand to pharmacies nationwide.

About 50 per cent of people we have screened so far have had unidentified heart disease, which is staggering For the past year and a half, CardiA