Number of diabetic patients in Pakistan alarming, says Principal PGMI.

LAHORE -- Post Graduate Medical Institute and Ameer-ud-Din Medical ColAlege Principal Prof. Dr. Sardar Muhammad Al-Fareed Zafar has said that increasing number of diabetic patients in Pakistan is alarming. He said it is need of the hour that doctors, civil society and media should come forward and work on a war footing basis to highlight preventive measures and hygiene principles among the citizens to control diabetes so that the new generation could be protected from this deadly disease. These views were exApressed by the PGMI Principal during a seminar on diabetic disAease organized by Lahore GenerAal Hospital medical unit-3, here on Wednesday. He highlighted that the total number of diabetic patients are 35 million across Pakistan, saying that millions of people have no knowledge about their disease. He added that diabetes is a rapidly spreading disease worldwide, especially in the third world and today every 5th Pakistani is suffering from diabetes. Al-Fareed maintained that although it is matter of great concern and diet...