GPs offer lung test at supermarket

Wed, 17 Nov 2010

Anyone wondering how healthy their lungs are can find out at Ramsey Shoprite today.

As part of World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day, Ramsey Group Practice will be testing the lungs shoppers at the supermarket between 1.00 and 6.00pm.

COPD kills more people in Britain every year than colon cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer.

Dr Alex Allinson, from Ramsey Group Practice, explains how simple the test is [play clip]