Dr Nazeem Shamsuddin (Head-Operations), Al Abeer Medical Center, inaugurating the Diabetic Foot Clinic on the occasion of World Diabetes Day 2016.
About 16 percent of the adult Qatari population between the ages of 20 and 79 suffers from diabetes, according to a statement issued by Action on Diabetes.
Dr Laxman D G, Internal Medicine Specialist at Al Abeer said that diabetes causes blood sugar levels to rise higher than normal in the body. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. If one has type 2 diabetes the body does not use insulin properly. Type 2 diabetes develops most often in middle-age and among older people. People who are overweight and inactive are also more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Dr Ranga Prasad Raju, Medical Director & General Surgeon at Al Abeer said that people with diabetes are at increased risk of peripheral arterial disease and neuropathy, as well as having a higher risk of developing infections and decreased ability to recover from infections.
Therefore, people with diabetes are prone to frequent and often severe foot problems and a relatively high risk of infection, gangrene and amputation. Al Abeer Medical Center has launched an exclusive Diabetic Foot Clinic that will manage conditions including foot ulcers, calluses, corns and skin changes including pigmentation.
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day 2016, Dr Nazeem Shamsuddin, Head – Operations, Al Abeer Medical Center, Qatar, inaugurated the ‘Diabetic Foot Clinic’ at the Center and launched the Diabetes Screening Package.
He said that Al Abeer has designed an exclusive and highly discounted Diabetes Screening Package that includes a series of laboratory investigations and consultations by a team of physicians including internist, ophthalmologist and diabetic foot evaluation by a general surgeon. Dr Nazeem urged the residents of Qatar to take advantage of the Diabetes Screening Package which will be available at the Center until December 31, 2016.
