More than 50,000 suffer from diabetes, nearly a lakh from hypertension
(WorldNews India)

An exercise to estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases in the state has detected 58,652 people with diabetes and 98,989 with hypertension in the last six months. While the exercise covered rural areas of 19 districts, beginning 2020 the remaining areas will be included in the ambitious population-based screening programme. Advertising The screening is being done as part of the Centre´s project on population-based screening for five common Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which includes diabetes, hypertension and cancers of oral cavity, breast and cervix, Dr Sadhana Tayade, Director of Health,...