Pune Diabetes Program
The Chellaram Diabetes Institute has launched an ambitious Outreach Program in Sept 2012. Under this programme a specially designed well-equipped mobile Clinic with trained medical staff consisting of Doctor/Para Medics/Administrative Assistant/Social Worker visit villages of Pune District & conduct Diabetes screening. The program provides the villagers the basic diagnosis, education, awareness, treatment etc., all free of cost. The objectives of the study are to know the incidence and prevalence of Pre Diabetes, Diabetes and its associated complication in the rural population and to store the population samples for future genetic, epigenetic and proteomic studies.