Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 13: National Professor of Diabetes and Chairman National Scientific Committee (RSSDI) Dr Jitendra Singh emphasized the importance of keeping under control post-meal and other fluctuations in blood sugar levels during the course of a routine day in order to ensure protection of heart, kidneys and eyes from the damaging effect of Diabetes.
He said this while addressing the gathering during the inaugural session of the Endocrine Society of India (ESI) annual meet “ESICON” at Kolkata.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that in an era when the focus is on ensuring complication-free life for diabetics, occasional testing of blood sugar may not be always sufficient and therefore patients should be taught self-monitoring with the help of Glucometers.
The annual meet was also attended by galaxy of foreign experts in the field of Endocrinology and Diabetes as well as some of the top Endocrinologists and Diabetologists of India including Dr Anil Bhansali (HoD, PGI, Chandigarh), Dr RJ Dash (Ex-HoD, PGI), Dr Subhankar Choudhary (Kolkata), Dr Ammini (HoD, AIIMS), Dr AK Das (HoD, JIPMER, Pondicherry), Dr Shashank Joshi (Mumbai), Dr SV Madhu (NDL), Dr SK Wangnoo (NDL), Dr GR Sridar (Vishakapatnam), Dr SK Singh (HoD BHU, Varanasi), Dr Eish Bhatia (HoD, Lucknow), Dr Murlidharan (Chandigarh) and Dr D Maji (Kolkata).
Later, Dr Jitendra also chaired the symposium on “Antioxidants” wherein he said that patients with diabetes and hypertension should therefore consume liberal helpings of fresh natural seasonal vegetables and fibre.
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