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Bangalore tops in diabetes cases

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Karnataka Institute of Diabetology inaugurated
The institute will give free treatment to poor patients

BANGALORE: Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday inaugurated the Karnataka Institute of Diabetology, the first of its kind set up by a State Government in the country.

The institute will not only as a one-stop point for giving treatment to all the problems related to diabetes, but also be a training and research centre on diabetes, according to Minister for Medical Education V.S. Acharya. Initially, the institute will start working on the premises of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology before moving to its own building that will come up near Isolation Hospital in Indiranagar. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Yediyurappa said diabetes was no more a wealthy man’s ailment as many were getting afflicted by it, including those from rural areas. It is distressing to note that India tops the list countries and Bangalore tops the list of cities where there were people suffering from diabetes. Considering the need to treat this ailment, the Government set up this autonomous institute. The institute will give free treatment for poor patients. The Government has sanctioned Rs. 6 crore for the institute this year. Mr. Acharya said the institute was set up after seeing the working of similar institutes in Chennai, Dhaka and in Bangalore. The institute will give better patient care apart from providing teaching, training and research facility. The institute will have good laboratory support, literature and publicity material. Explaining the connection between heart attack and diabetes, Director of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology C.N. Manjunath said about 6 per cent of those afflicted with diabetes were susceptible to heart attack. Controlling diabetes was one of the ways of preventing heart attack, he said.

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