Saudi health officials are planning to set up 9 Medical Centres dedicated to the treatment of diabetes across the kingdom in a bid to tackle the disease.
The number of people suffering from diabetes in the kingdom and across the Gulf has risen dramatically over recent years due to unhealthy lifestyles and junk food.
A leading health official told the Saudi Gazette some 3.5 million Saudis were now affected by the disease, in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin to produce energy.
The number of people suffering from diabetes in the kingdom and across the Gulf has risen dramatically over recent years due to unhealthy lifestyles and junk food.
A leading health official told the Saudi Gazette some 3.5 million Saudis were now affected by the disease, in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin to produce energy.
“Statistics show that the number of cases registered in the world has reached 140 million, including 3.5 million Saudis, which means 24 percent of the Kingdom’s population, mostly over the age of thirty, is affected by the disease” Dr Sami Badawood, Director of Health Affairs Management said.
A diabetes treatment centre in south Jeddah will be the first of the nine planned units to be launched in the country, he said. The opening date has not yet been revealed.
Badawood was speaking at the launch of the ‘Yes for Health and Life, No for Diabetes’ campaign on Wednesday.
A diabetes treatment centre in south Jeddah will be the first of the nine planned units to be launched in the country, he said. The opening date has not yet been revealed.
Badawood was speaking at the launch of the ‘Yes for Health and Life, No for Diabetes’ campaign on Wednesday.
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