SIMS marks World Diabetes Day with a free screening drive covering blood sugar, blood pressure, foot examination and retinal assessment. The focus is on the complications that develop silently in people who already know they have diabetes but have not had a full annual check.
Diabetes is the largest chronic-disease load carried by the general medicine department, and a substantial share of patients arrive at the hospital not because their sugar is high but because a complication has already set in — a foot ulcer that started as a blister, kidney function that has quietly halved, or vision loss from retinopathy that was never screened for.
The World Diabetes Day drive is built around that gap. Alongside random and fasting blood sugar testing for anyone who has never been tested, the day offers people with known diabetes the four checks that make up a proper annual review: blood pressure, a foot examination with monofilament testing, a urine test for protein, and a dilated retinal examination.
Anyone over 30 with a family history of diabetes, a large waist measurement or high blood pressure is encouraged to attend even if they feel entirely well. Type 2 diabetes typically produces no symptoms for years, and the earlier it is found, the more of the damage can be prevented rather than treated.
Counselling on diet, portion control and physical activity runs through the day, in Telugu and Kannada as well as English. Families are welcome to attend together — food is cooked and eaten at home, not in a clinic, and dietary advice given to one member alone rarely survives contact with the kitchen.
Registration and timings are available through /contact-us, and anyone who needs a follow-up consultation on the day can arrange it at /book-an-appointment.