Diabetes Management Critical to Reducing Covid-19 Mortality Rate: Medical Expert - Meenakshi Mission Hospital
82% of people who died of Covid-19 in India had a comorbidity Nearly 70% of the dead had diabetes as a comorbidity Covid-19 infection can make a healthy person diabetic Meenakshi Mission Hospital launches Diabetic Home Care that provides consultation and routine checkup services at patient’s residence 11 November 2020: “Keeping Diabetes Mellitus under control is the best healthcare strategy available for diabetic patients in the time of Covid-19 pandemic, as over 70% of the people who succumbed to the infection in India either had diabetes or both diabetes and hypertension,” said Dr. C. R. Mahesh Babu, Consultant, Department of Diabetology, Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre. He added that it is estimated that about 50% of the diabetic patients who lost their lives to Covid had poorly managed diabetes. (On right) Dr. C. R. Mahesh Babu, Consultant, Department of Diabetology, Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre Citing reports, D...