MySuru: Chamarajanagar District Health Authority has launched a large survey to determine the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in people.
It has launched a diabetes screening for a week, blood drive testing for people over 30 years in all 216 health sub centers and 62 primary health centers.
This will be held until November 20.
Even when health officials claimed that the detection of diabetes detection was late dramatically due to increased awareness over the past few years, experts believed the main proportion of diabetics was still undetected.
As part of the World Diabetes Day, the District Health Authority will travel this in all of these health centers from 9am to 4pm.
Chamarajanagar Regency has a population of 14 lakh and has decided to determine at least 3.7 lakh people over 30 years to test during the ongoing survey.
Instructions have been given to all streamlife activists, Accredited Social Health Activists Ashas, Junior and Senior Health Assistants, Public Health Officers to provide extensive awareness in the villages about this encouragement and make people tested diabetes.
The District Health Authority has provided glucometer to filter diabetics in health centers, said Dr.
Koushik, coordinator of the district health office program.
Speaking to Toi, Nodal Officers and Prevention of Chamarajanagar Regency and Control of Official Officers Dr.
Nagaraju said people must voluntarily advance to test diabetes.
“More than 80% of patients do not show symptoms of diabetes.
Only the right medical test can confirm or override diabetes,” he said.
Massive surveys to determine the prevalence of diabetes & hypertension in Chamarajanagar
