Sedentary life style, changing dietary pattern, stress and consumption of trans fats are the major contributors to the rising diabetes in the country, said Medicine and Diabetes head of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry Prof Ashok Kumar Das at the two-day National Up-date on Clinical Diabetes (NUCD) that concluded here on Sunday.
“The situation is alarming in States like Odisha, where 40 lakhs people are affected by the disease, thanks to poor health care infrastructure and inadequate trained doctors,” he added.
The NUCD was the brainchild of internationally-reputed Diabetologist and Kanungo Institute of Diabetes Specialitie (KIDS) CMD Dr Alok Kanungo.
More than 500 doctors, experts and researchers across the country participated in conference that featured intense deliberations on practical diabetology, new findings on diabetes and sensitizing doctors about basic clinical aspects of patient care.
Inaugurating the event, MP Dr Prasanna Kumar Patasani urged the people to lead a stress free life. Prof CB Sanjeevi from Sweden said if the diagnosis of diabetes is correct from the beginning, treatment and prevention of complication of patients are easier.
Special Representative to the Telangana Government and Retired IAS officer Ramachandra Tejavath stressed on the better quality of health care. Among others, DGP Kunwar Brajesh Singh and KIDS vice-chairman Dr Mamata Tripathi were present.