Mysuru: Dr. B. Suresh, Vice-Chancellor, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSSAHER), has called upon students, doctors and other health professionals to strive hard to make India Diabetes-free by spreading awareness among people. He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day 14th Annual Conference of Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India, Karnataka Chapter (KRSSDI) at Rajendra auditorium in city this morning.
He said that India has emerged as the diabetes capital of the world with as many as 6.5 crore people affected with diabetes. Majority of them are affected with Type-2 diabetes as per the official figures released by World Health Organisation (WHO) recently. This number may double by 2030. Hence people should make all honest efforts for eradication of this lifestyle disease like polio was eradicated, he said.
