Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said that diabetes is increasing due to an unhealthy lifestyle.
In his message, the CM noted that a timely diagnosis of diabetes is important as the patient could succumb to other diseases in case of any slackness. A simple lifestyle helps avoid diabetes, and prevention is better than cure, so patients need to take preventive measures along with treatment, he said. The CM termed it important to change the lifestyle to prevent and control diabetes and added that awareness campaigns for timely diagnosis and treatment of diabetes will bring positive results. People could remain safe from diabetes with a balanced diet, daily exercise and walks. Meanwhile, the government has set up diabetes centers in major hospitals to provide the best treatment facilities to the patients, he concluded.