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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The long-term health of thousands of diabetes sufferers is being put at risk after a leading hospital pushed out their annual check-ups to 18 months due to pressures on the service.
Patient advocacy group Diabetes Ireland issued the warning after St Vincent’s University Hospital confirmed it has been forced to lengthen the wait for the routine examination as a result of junior doctor workload issues and surging patient numbers.
Under best-care plans, anyone with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes should still undergo regular check-ups to ensure their condition is not worsening.
While this form of diabetes — which affects almost 200,000 Irish people — can be tackled by exercise and dietary changes, if it is not addressed it can ultimately cause stroke, heart attack, eyesight problems, and kidney failure.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/service-pressures-put-diabetes-patients-at-risk-276215.html
Patient advocacy group Diabetes Ireland issued the warning after St Vincent’s University Hospital confirmed it has been forced to lengthen the wait for the routine examination as a result of junior doctor workload issues and surging patient numbers.
Under best-care plans, anyone with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes should still undergo regular check-ups to ensure their condition is not worsening.
While this form of diabetes — which affects almost 200,000 Irish people — can be tackled by exercise and dietary changes, if it is not addressed it can ultimately cause stroke, heart attack, eyesight problems, and kidney failure.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/service-pressures-put-diabetes-patients-at-risk-276215.html