SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Nov13: “Every fourth person living in urban areas of Jharkhand cities are more or less in the gripe of diabetes,” said a survey report conducted in the state on the eve of World Diabetes Day by Diabetes and Heart Research Centre (DHRC) and Dhanbad Action Group (DAG) jointly.
The survey conducted under a national executive member of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI) Dr NK Singh found that the prevalence rate of diabetes in the urban belt was around 25% while in the rural pocket, it was 12%.
The DHRC and the DAG conduct a survey of diabetes prevalence every year in the state before World Diabetes Day (November 14) to alert people about this silent killer and carry out awareness programmes in urban and rural regions for prevention.
Today while talking with media persons, the DHRC and the DAG jointly announced a series of programmes to be held on the occasion of World Diabetes Day tomorrow (November 14) for awareness of people in the Coal City.
The officials said ‘Diabetes Run’ will be held at 7.30 am from the City Centre to Randhir Verma Chowk in the morning tomorrow.
Doctors, teachers of university, lawyers, officials of the district administration and sports persons have confirmed their participation in the Diabetes Run.
Shramik Chowk near the railway station, which is considered a symbol of the Dhanbad coalfield, would be covered with blue paint at 2.30 pm as a mark of World Diabetes Day.
RSSDI national executive member and eminent heart and diabetes physician Dr NK Singh said that this year’s theme of World Diabetes Day is ‘Know Your Risk, Know Your Response’,
“We have chalked out comprehensive programmes to make people of the state aware about this theme round the year so that they become alert about the diabetes danger”, said Dr Singh, who conducted a research at the national level too under the RSSDI programme.
Dr Singh said that the rising prevalence rate is a concerning matter of concern but at the same time Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have also opened up a host of new opportunities in health care where diabetes management can either be assisted through efficient detection of diabetic retinopathy, improved with cutting-edge glucose monitoring devices or advanced by the possible prediction of diabetes onset.
