Naidu concerned over growing incidence of Diabetes in India

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New Delhi : The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on December 30, 2017, said that we need an affordable health care revenue model to meet the challenges of modern day lifestyle. He was addressing the 11th Global Health Care Summit – 2017 organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), in Kolkata. West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi, Minister for Urban Development, West Bengal, Firhad Hakim, and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The Vice president said that while India is progressing economically and incomes of people are improving, the common man is unable to meet the medical bill whenever there is a medical emergency in the family. With penetration of health insurance remaining quite low and majority of the Indian population preferring to seek medical treatment from private sector in health emergencies by spending from their own pockets, this problem gets compounded, he added, according to a PIB release.

The Vice President asked the medical fraternity to put in efforts to bring down the costs of medical devices to make healthcare affordable. He further said that youngsters are increasingly falling prey to ailments due to a variety of factors including sedentary lifestyle, improper dietary habits and job-related stresses.

The Vice President said that one of the major challenges facing India is the growing incidence of diabetes in the general population and this trend needs to be arrested. He quoted a study saying diabetes was becoming common among lower socio-economic groups living in urban regions of more developed States and this is a matter of concern, according to the PIB release.