SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Jan. 6: Eminent diabetologist Dr Vijay Viswanathan of M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai, today expressed concern over the burden of diabetes in tribal people of Jharkhand and stressed the immediate need to initiate measures for checking it.
Research Society for Study of Diabetes
Dr Viswanathan, who was addressing the annual conference of the Research Society for Study of Diabetes India (RSSDI) Jharkhand chapter at Wedlock Green Resort Centre, Govindpur, said that diabetes is affecting the population of Jharkhand and it must be checked on a priority basis.
“Society, especially the Jharkhand government, must initiate serious steps to prevent diabetes in indigenous people ( tribal) of the state,” said Dr Viswanathan.
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MV Hospital for Diabetes
On the occasion, he also pointed out measures to be taken to check diabetes. MV Hospital for Diabetes is a WHO collaboration Centre.
On the second day of the conference today, IMA state president Dr AK Singh inaugurated the session in which a type 1 conclave was organised where children with juvenile diabetes were counselled about the management of diabetes and prevention of disease.
Eminent diabetologists of the country counselled affected persons on how to prevent diabetes in the families of those already who have type one diabetes.
Diabetes complications
Speakers from Mumbai, Delhi, Agartala, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Kolkota, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Purnea and Muzaffarpur shared their ideas about different aspects of diabetes complications and treatment.
On the occasion, organising secretary Dr Ajay Patwari said that an unhealthy lifestyle now affects almost every family in India. The rural and urban divide is also decreasing, which could be disastrous as rural areas lack health infrastructure.
“The other most important aspect is that even the young generation, due to this fast-food culture and sedentary lifestyle, were getting affected with this diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, which was earlier present above 40 years of age, is now being seen in 12 to 15 years of people,” he said.
Different types of diabetes
On the second day of the conference, different types of diabetes, like type 3 diabetes and type 1.5 diabetes in the young, were discussed by doctors of Ranchi and Kolkata.
Earlier free-of-cost insulin, insulin devices and glucometers were distributed among affected persons. Eminent social persons Manoj Agarwal, Ram Prasad Katesaria, Sanjay Khemka, Dilip Gopalka and Deepak Poddar contributed to it.
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