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'You've done magic on my feet': Trainee healthcare workers fight diabetes amputations

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'You've done magic on my feet': Trainee healthcare workers fight diabetes amputations
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Two women in New Zealand are training as the country's first footcare assistants to help manage the region's high rate of diabetes-related complications. This program aims to reduce the burden on podiatrists and prevent amputations by providing essential foot care to at-risk patients.

Two Northland women have gone from struggling to find work to fighting the region's diabetes epidemic.

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