Kedah among highest in diabetes

ALOR SETAR: Kedah is among the states with the highest reported diabetes rates with 13.6% of its one million population having the disease. State health deputy director (public health) Dr Shahidan Hashim said the situation was worrying as some patients were not aware of having diabetes. “Diabetes can happen at any age if one does not look after one’s health. There are diabetic patients as young as 15-year-olds. “Some had their legs amputated, having renal failure and serious eye problem,” he told reporters after the launch of the Ked

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