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Provincial health departments should ensure that every Diabetic patient must have eye examination once a year in Pakistan
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It is estimated that above 6.9 million people in Pakistan have diabetes and that there are another 3.5 million undiagnosed people (aged 20-79) with diabetes. Diabetes accounted for 3% of total deaths in 2013. Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment resulting from diabetes in adults. . Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a complication of diabetes that affects the blood vessels of the retina. . By 2030, at least 1.8 million people in Pakistan will be afflicted by sight threatening diabetic retinopathy, which is about the same as the 1.7 million in 2014 who are blind from all causes. In Pakistan, diabetic patients do not screened for Diabetic Retinopathy as well as do not be advised for eye examination in the public hospitals
Thus considering this alarming and vision threatening situation due to Diabetes in Pakistan , a petition has been launched to get votes from public that "Provincial health department should ensure that every diabetic patient must have eye examination once in a year in all public hospitals.
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I was looking over the latest comments and honestly it breaks my heart because so many people are writing about how they had no idea this was even a standard precaution they should be taking. It is wild to think about millions of people living with this risk while the public hospitals just operate like nothing is wrong and nothing is missing from the care routine. I am currently trying to figure out the right person in the health department to send this list to once we grow a bit more because silence from them has to end eventually.
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PLS TAKE ACTION ASAP. MANY POOR PPL GO BLIND CAUSE THEY DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS COMPLICATION.
Your effort is appreciated but this in not as such a major health issue if comapared with other major health issues in Pakistan. You need to work more if in this field.
This kind of health help should be given by govt, to those people who are facing diabetic health problem, and its reality diabetes effects much more on eye sight.
Well done keep it up ...proud of your work...because of youth like you cab bring the change and make a positive change in society ... I appreciate your work .
It is incredibly important to get our eyes checked as well as monitor our routine to make sure we are all free of any potential risk of catching diabetic retinopathy or catarac or glachoma. I urge all to sign this important petition.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Provincial health departments should ensure that every Diabetic patient must have eye examination once a year in Pakistan
Final supporters
It is estimated that above 6.9 million people in Pakistan have diabetes and that there are another 3.5 million undiagnosed people (aged 20-79) with diabetes. Diabetes accounted for 3% of total deaths in 2013. Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment resulting from diabetes in adults. . Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a complication of diabetes that affects the blood vessels of the retina. . By 2030, at least 1.8 million people in Pakistan will be afflicted by sight threatening diabetic retinopathy, which is about the same as the 1.7 million in 2014 who are blind from all causes. In Pakistan, diabetic patients do not screened for Diabetic Retinopathy as well as do not be advised for eye examination in the public hospitals
Thus considering this alarming and vision threatening situation due to Diabetes in Pakistan , a petition has been launched to get votes from public that "Provincial health department should ensure that every diabetic patient must have eye examination once in a year in all public hospitals.
Updates
June 14, 2017
I was looking over the latest comments and honestly it breaks my heart because so many people are writing about how they had no idea this was even a standard precaution they should be taking. It is wild to think about millions of people living with this risk while the public hospitals just operate like nothing is wrong and nothing is missing from the care routine. I am currently trying to figure out the right person in the health department to send this list to once we grow a bit more because silence from them has to end eventually.
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My father is diabetic and he never got told to check his eyes at the hospital. This is a very common issue that needs fixing.
PLS TAKE ACTION ASAP. MANY POOR PPL GO BLIND CAUSE THEY DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS COMPLICATION.
Your effort is appreciated but this in not as such a major health issue if comapared with other major health issues in Pakistan. You need to work more if in this field.
This kind of health help should be given by govt, to those people who are facing diabetic health problem, and its reality diabetes effects much more on eye sight.
Well done keep it up ...proud of your work...because of youth like you cab bring the change and make a positive change in society ... I appreciate your work .
It is incredibly important to get our eyes checked as well as monitor our routine to make sure we are all free of any potential risk of catching diabetic retinopathy or catarac or glachoma. I urge all to sign this important petition.
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My father is diabetic and he never got told to check his eyes at the hospital. This is a very common issue that needs fixing.