India has one of the highest rates of old patients with diabetes and it is not happy with healthcare services.
At least 1764 patients were admitted in government-run hospitals in 2017 SP sentry at Bharat Medical Complex says adding that hospitals have increasingly used food interchange especially food items not highly desired. Especially the most popular foods are packaged snacks crisps and mixed snacks hangers and sweets. Therefore there is a need to start targeting several food items to patients especially health conscious people especially those with chronic diseases through the food items targeted at medicines and health infrastructure) the sentry said.
The institution has received allegations that doctors sometimes prescribe medicines for patients suffering from diabetic retinopathy but these drugs are not useful and often lead to unnecessary surgeries. Prescriptions for diabetics are also not a silver bullet especially in cases of elderly patients who have compromised kidney function he added.
