23/04/2025
Diabetes is one of the less known dreaded complications and Diabetic Foot has taken an epidemic form in our society. The painful fact is that a diabetic patient is losing his/her foot due to its septic complications in every 20 seconds. This carries a heavy socio-economic burden on our society. The level of awareness about this disease is very low among all sections of people. Though dreaded, the disease is preventable. Bio-allied sciences also have a great role to play in this regard. About 23.6% of people between the exact ages 30 and 70 years die from NCD(1). The high consumption of Ultra processed food (UPF) is a key reason for India being the diabetic capital of the world, with over 101 million affected (2). A 2023 WHO report showed that India's UPF spending surged from USD 900 million in 2006 to USD 37.9 billion in 2019, with a 13.7% growth in retail sales (2011–2021).
What We’re Doing:
To combat this growing crisis, we are planning to celebrate "Diabetic Foot Day" on April 24, 2025, an initiative aimed at spreading awareness and empowering people with knowledge about prevention and care.
Organized by:
--------Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology (JBMSHST)
---------School of Innovations in Biomedical Devices and Systems and
Inter-institutional Biodesign Center (SIBDS-IIBC), IIT Guwahati
We are honored to host a talk by one of the nation’s most respected experts in the field:
🗣️ Dr. Sudhir K. Jain, MS, PhD
Chief Diabetic Foot Surgeon,
Department of Diabetes Limb Complications & Foot Care,
Sunvalley Hospital, Guwahati
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Topic: "Diabetic Foot Disease & Management – Medico-Mechanical Facts"
📅 Date: April 24, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Venue: Seminar Room, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Join us in this critical effort to educate, prevent, and save lives. Together, we can take a stand against one of diabetes’ most devastating outcomes.
