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26,000 women die of diabetes every year in Pakistan

KARACHI: In Pakistan, every year twelve thousand diabetes patients suffer problem of Retinopathy and more than a hundred patients have to get their foot cut due to diabetes and its related complications.

Early diagnosis can prevent the long-term complication of diabetes, said leading Diabetelogists at 3-day Second International Conference on Diabetes that kicked off on Dec 10, at DMC Campus, Karachi.

The 2nd International Conference on Diabetes 2011 has been organized by Dow University of Health Sciences in collaboration with Diabetic Association of Pakistan. The Conference aims to showcase a use blend of academic research, seminar, hand-on- training and free papers and poster session. Leading Physicians and Diabetologists from Pakistan and abroad attended the Conference.

The inaugural ceremony of the conference was held at a local hotel in Karachi in which International Diabetes Federation President-Elect Sir Michael Hirst was the Chief Guest.(PPI)

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