Dr Sunil Kumar Kota, Consultant Endocrinologist of the Diabetes and Endocare Clinic, Brahmapur, has undertaken an effort for increasing awareness and testing of common lifestyle disorders for Government staff who are prone to diseases like diabetes.
In this regard, workshops followed by screening were conducted for staff of the Sub-Collectorate under the guidance of Digant Routray, Sub collector and DRDA, Chhatrapur under Siddharth Shankar Swain, Project Director, Ganjam. In these workshops, Dr Kota explained to the staff about symptoms, complications, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes, hypertension, thyroid and cholesterol problems.
The interactive question and answer sessions were followed by testing for blood sugar, blood pressure, thyroid, nerve function, urine test for micral (indicator of kidney dysfunction). Around 40 people from sub collector office and 50 people from DRDA office got benefited from this programme.
Sub-Collector Routray and PD Swain thanked Dr Kota for his drive.