Diabetes control and Care Program

Diabetes Control & Care Program

The prevalence of Diabetes is increasing worldwide and now taking  its place in one of the main threat to human health . India have the largest population (by Govt. 4.9 million, while NGO claims more than 12 million) of diabetics and facing a rising steep in diabetes itself and its related complications  such as Cardio-vascular, Renal, Nervous system  along with  Foot and Eye, These complications place huge burden on an individual patient, their family and the community.

Recent advance in Diabetes management may improve or decrease the above said complications. But as diabetes is a silent disease in the first  5-6 years of its onset, result in carelessness, invite such complications which can make life misery and detoriate quality of life.

For diabetics, Improving quality of life with minimal complications is a great challenge. Because this require Patient awareness and compliance towards Life style & diet modification, Pharmacological therapy, Proper monitoring with laboratory assessment of various Physiological parameters.        

Singhal  Diabetic Clinic conducted a telephonic Survey of  6637 patients of uttarakhand  between April 2005 to 2008 Dec. and  found  4.9% population are diabetic, and majority of patients are lacking in achieving glycemic control, laboratory assessment (Pathological Tests) insufficiently done, many of patients did not have essential investigation(Blood Sugar estimation) tested once in preceding 2 yrs, not taken  proper therapeutic  regimn due to carelessness, while many of them due to economic reason.

To improve physician and patient adherence and compliance t standards of the diabetes care  Singhal Diabetic Clinic launched  Diabetes control and Care Program on  ^{26th Jan 2010}  (after completion of its 20 years of practicing) to organize the care for diabetics under one roof, to achieve positive clinical goals in diabetes patients with least  expensive diabetes care, because the success of long term  therapy and monitoring depends upon achieving  target goals of glycemic control with minimal complications.

This  Diabetes control and Care Program of its kind is First in India Which provides such long term regular rebate to the diabetics.