Growing incidence of diabetes worries Dr Yii
KUCHING: Both the federal and state governments must step up efforts and campaigns to encounter the rising incidence of diabetes in the country including in Sarawak. In making this call, Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii pointed out that COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of this issue and exposed the danger of patients with non-communicable […]
High diabetes rate due to overeating, lack of exercise
KUCHING: The high incidence rate of diabetes in Sarawak of about one in six or seven individuals is reflective of overeating and the lack of exercise in urban living. Citing the National Health and Morbidity report, Diabetes Malaysia Sarawak Branch chairman Dr William Voon said the incidence rate of diabetes in Malaysia was 21 percent, […]
