Soon all the Diabetes Hospitals in the country will get broadband connectivity

ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak has assured to start smart telemedicine facility by connecting to broadband internet in every center and hospital of more than two hundred diabetes hospitals spread across the country.

The state minister made this announcement by participating in a virtual meeting from his place, Singra in Natore District. The meeting took place at the Conference Room of BIRDEM Women's and Children's Hospital organized by the Diabetes Federation on Monday on the occasion of World Diabetes Day. He said, we will provide broadband connectivity, telemedicine and smart health management in every center of the diabetes association. By the year 2041, every citizen of the country should be made a healthy, non-communal, progressive and innovative smart citizen. For that we have to create awareness about diabetes, every citizen should be tested for diabetes and lead a systematic life for changing diet and lifestyle.

According to sources, a total of 15,444 community clinics of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be provided with broadband internet connection under the project titled Establishment of Digital Connectivity (EDC) being implemented by the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology. Through this it will be possible to deliver health services at the grass root level.

The ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak expressed his gratitude to Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best, the scientists who discovered insulin, while speaking as the chief guest at the program 'Know the risk of diabetes, take necessary measures'. He said, immediately after independence, Bangabandhu radically changed our medical system. Established rural hospitals at community level. His daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is turning every village into a city by providing education, health and internet services to the people.

Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mr. Christian Brix Maller; VP and GM of Novo Nordisk, Rajarshi De Sarkar spoke as special guests in the main event while the President of Bangladesh Diabetes Association National Professor A. K. Azad Khan presided over the event.

BIRDEM Director General Professor M. K. I. Qayyum Chowdhury; Secretary General of Bangladesh Diabetes Association Md. Saif Uddin; Director of BADAS Pediatric Diabetes Care and Research Center Dr. Bedwara Jabeen were present were also present among others.

Several young people who recovered from diabetes at a young age were felicitated at the event.

Diabetes Association President and National Professor AK Azad Khan said that diabetes is largely preventable. Know about the risk of diabetes. Various studies have identified the risks. Obesity, consumption of fast food and reduced physical activity increase the risk of diabetes. Those who are at risk should take action now. The risk of diabetes increases with age. So after 30 years you have to be careful and check. People with diabetes must lead a controlled life.

It is known from the diabetes test survey in 2022 that one in ten people in the country has diabetes. In 2021-22, a study conducted on one lakh people by the Bangladesh Diabetes Association revealed that one in five people in the country is suffering from diabetes. 15 to 20-year-olds account for 4.4 percent of people with diabetes. Gestational diabetes 25.7 percent. That is, one in four people is affected by gestational diabetes. It appears that between the ages of 19 and 21, diabetes is increasing at a rate of 56 percent every two years, and the same number of people have pre-diabetes. It is estimated that if this continues, this number will double in 15 to 20 years and will create huge pressure on the health system.