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A ft session was inaugurated astatine the Alangudi Government Hospital successful Pudukottai nether the ‘Padham Padhukaapom’ strategy connected Friday, arsenic portion of a Tamil Nadu authorities inaugural to alteration aboriginal detection and attraction of diabetic ft complications and assistance forestall amputations.
Joint Director of Health and Rural Welfare S. Sripriya Thenmozhi, who inaugurated the clinic, said the installation had been established to connection peculiar attraction for individuals with diabetes to forestall complications arising from ft injuries. The authorities had provided aesculapian instrumentality worthy ₹4 lakh to enactment the clinic’s operations.
Patients presenting with symptoms specified arsenic numbness oregon insignificant ft wounds would acquisition fasting humor sweetener testing. Based connected severity, wounds would beryllium categorized arsenic mild, moderate, oregon terrible to facilitate due treatment, she added.
Dr. Thenmozhi emphasised the value of continued diabetes management, due footwear usage to debar ft injuries, and regular checkups. Guidance was disposable done the hospital’s Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Department.
Chief Medical Officer M. Periyasamy and elder doctors were present.
