This year as a part of its annual event Techfest that will be held between December 16 and 18, IIT-Bombay has joined hands with the Rotary Club in Mumbai to conduct around 200 awareness and testing camps for diabetes.
Around half of all diabetics show no symptoms, making awareness a crucial fight against the condition that affects up to 20% of our population in some pockets of the country.
This year as a part of its annual event Techfest that will be held between December 16 and 18, IIT-Bombay has joined hands with the Rotary Club in Mumbai to conduct around 200 awareness and testing camps for diabetes.
100 camps will be conducted on September 25 across the city along with the Rotary club. IIT-Bombay will conduct 100 more across 8 other states in India on its own, with the intention of setting a Guiness World Record. This awareness campaign is a part of the institute's CURED (Can You Really Escape Diabetes) initiative. "Our aim is to test around one lakh people during the camps," said Arun Bhargava, chief project director of Rotary for the region.
Speaking at the launch of the campaign, dibetologist Dr Pradeep Gadge urged IIT students to think of solving several problems that doctors face with the use of technology. "The insulin, delivered to the patient, needs to be made more effective and you can collaborate with doctors to reduce their work load and improve treatment."
Pathologist Indumati Gopinathan advised that one must get sugar levels tested once every two years post 30.
About CURED
200 camps will be conducted across the country
Rotary Club will help IIT Bombay with the 100 camps that will be conducted in Mumbai
A cyclothon will be held in October to promote awareness about diabetes at the institute's Powai campus
Campaign will focus on getting more people tested so they are aware of their diabetic status
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