Diabetes screening programme

We organised a diabetes screening programme for 100 middle aged employees of Tirupati Fibres, a company located in the industrial belt of Abu Road. The programme, sponsored by a pharmaceutical company, was a great opportunity for our marketing team led by Sister Archana to share details of services offered by Global Hospital units at Mount Abu and Abu Road.

Celebrating World Diabetes Day

Global Hospital (Mount Abu) celebrated World Diabetes Day on November 17. Director Dr Partap Midha kickstarted the programme with a welcome to the audience and chief guest Satpal Kapoor, DIGP, Internal Security Academy, CRPF.

Subsequently, the event was marked by a number of brief useful lectures on a host of topics of interest to persons suffering from diabetes. Consultant ophthalmologist Dr Sudhir Singh spoke about eye problems afflicting diabetics, physician Dr Anshul Wadhwa talked about heart problems in diabetes and dietician Mukti Wadhwa elucidated the role of diet in managing diabetes. Consultant neuropsychiatrist Dr Nikhil Patel explained behavioural therapy for diabetics, senior dental surgeon Dr Niranjan spoke about dental problems in diabetes, pathologist Dr Divyesh Goswami delivered a talk on laboratory tests used to monitor diabetes and Dr Sanjay Varma described foot problems afflicting diabetics.

Then, diabetologist and anaesthetist Dr Shrimant Sahu presented the services of the Diabetes Clinic after which his assistant Sr Savita closed the proceedings with a vote of thanks.

All the participants were offered a free check-up for diabetes.

Check-up for diabetes patients

A free diabetes diagnostic camp was held at Global Hospital, Mount Abu on August 28, 2009. The camp, aimed at patients having a history of diabetes, involved the conduct of the glycosylated haemoglobin test that measures average glucose levels over the previous three months. Ninety five regular patients of the Global Hospital diabetes clinic were tested, of which only ten percent were found to have abnormal values. This suggests that most of the patients presenting in the diabetes clinic are managing their condition well.