We have to prevent kidney failure because it is very expensive .We have decribed a formula to detect early kidney involvement

An excellent study by us showing what happens to the kidney when you develop a Diabetic Foot Infection. if you have pre existing kidney disease it will worsen once you get a Diabetic Foot Infection

Which is better Brown rice or White Rice ?

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We should take proper care of our Feet .

Step by Step Program to prevent Leg Amputation :
I am glad that I was also an architect of this wonderful program where the late Dr Sharad Pendsey from Nagpur took the lead

RePORT is a consortium in many countries to improve TB Diagnosis and Eradicate TB We are glad to be part of this RePORT program

RSSDI [Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India Tamilnadu Chapter] The new EC team took over recently and I am glad to lead this team as Chairman . .The National RSSDI is the Second largest organisation of Diabetes Care professionals in the world .

I am glad to organise the Flag ship project of D Foot International in Chennai for our Indian doctors RSSDI (official)

OFFLOADING : This is a very important aspect in the healing of a wound in the foot of a person with Diabetes
The new IWGDF Guidelines will be released in May 2023 in Netherlands after the last one in 2019

Thanks to the International Diabetes Federation I am speaking on this important topic at the World Diabetes Congress idf2022.org

The D Foot International based is doing this Diabetic Foot Awareness Week between Nov 7 to 14 , 2022 .
Please visit the website d-foot.org and register for each region

Liver can get damaged in Diabetes and in Obese people even if there is no history of alcohol intake We have introduced a simple blood test to diagnose Liver fibrosis

Received a recognition from Dr Sudha Seshayyan Vice Chancellor of Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University for leading India in the RSSDI Save the Feet and Keep Walking campaign 2022 where we created awareness Pan India on Early detection of Diabetic Foot Problems RSSDI (official)

Recognise Heart failure early in Stages A and B especially if you hypertension and Diabetes and you have shortness of breath or feeling tired for no obvious reason .New tests are available to diagnose the condition early and new tablets are available to treat

National Nutrition Week [NNW] :In the recently concluded NNW , our hospital displayed a variety of food items which can be taken by people with Diabetes . There is a false belief that people with Diabetes cannot take tasty food and should avoid so many things

Prof M Viswanathan's main research was that People with Diabetes can take carbs.Limit the carbs and limit the total calories was his advice .The photo below shows the diet he was prescribing .Prof M Viswanathan Our Founder was a Diabetologist from 1948 to 1996.

Tribute to my late father Prof M Viswanathan.The person who set up the one of the earliest Diabetes clinic in the Govt Stanley Medical College Chennai in 1948 and also firmly believed in the 1950's that Prevention of Diabetes is possible Dr. Shashank Joshi RSSDI (official)

Every 20 seconds somewhere in the world , someone loses a leg due to Diabetes. The mission of the IWGDF [International Working Group on Diabetic Foot] is to produce evidence - based guidelines every 4 years for health care providers .Great honour to be in this elite group

People who undergo a Lower limb amputation due to Diabetic Foot can live a Normal life.They can walk and live as before .Let us prevent an amputation. If it becomes un avoidable then remember they can live a normal life after that RSSDI (official) Banshi Saboo Dr Brij Mohan Makkar