Apollo Hospitals to launch 100 sugar clinics in 90 days
Wednesday November 23, 2011 06:36:35 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In a move
to combat diabetes, Apollo Hospitals, India's biggest corporate
hospital chain, will in the next three months launch 100 sugar
clinics dedicated to treating diabetes across India.
"We will launch 100 sugar clinics around the country in 90 days.
These clinics will manage the life cycle of a diabetic and will
work on a specifically developed clinical pathway that will offer
standardised care to the diabetic patients," a press statement
said.
India has been referred as the diabetes capital of the world by
the International Journal of Diabetes in developing countries as
1.4 million new cases of diabetes get detected in the country
every year.
Apollo Group of Hospitals chairman Prathap C. Reddy in the
statement said: "Keeping in mind the rising burden of diabetes,
India would need an integrated framework that would enable
diabetics manage their lifestyle better."
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