Speakers at a seminar have said the number of diabetic patients in Bangladesh is increasing at an alarming rate as about 5.7 million people in the country are suffering from the disease.
The number of diabetic patients is annually growing at a rate of three percent in the country and if the present rate continues, the number of diabetics would double to 10.4 million by 2030, they said.
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BHUBANESWAR: Deulisahi, an impoverished village in Jagatsinghpur district, and Krushnanandapur, a nearby village brimming with affluence, may be pictures in contrast.

To tackle the growing number of diabetes cases and create awareness about the medical condition, Mumbai-based NGO, Chellaram Foundation, launched a diabetes care institute, Chellaram Diabetes Institute (CDI), at Bavdhan Budruk on Saturday.

It is estimated that they are currently about 50 million people living with diabetes in India and the number is expected to double by 2040.

The largest drug firm of Japan, Takeda Pharmaceuticals has filed a suit against Ahmedabad headquartered Cadila Healthcare at a US district court alleging that the latter would be infringing the former

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday recommended glycated haemoglobin, or HbA1c, as an additional test to diagnose diabetes mellitus.