Karikuzhi Rubber Society and P.Kesavadev Trust jointly organised a free diabetes detection, awareness and treatment camp at Karikuzhi R P S Hall.Dr.Shabeer A Rasheed was the chief organiser. The camp was inaugurated by District Panchayat Member, Anaadu Jayan.Chair: K.Gopalakrishnan Nair (Panavur Grama Panchayat President), Welcome speech: C Appukuttan Nair (President, RPS Karikuzhi), Vote of thanks by A Shajahan (Vice president, RPS).Felicitations by K Sreeraman nair, Mohana Chandran nair, Panavur Sharaf, Vinod Lopez, etc., Dr.Jothydev conducted a very interactive lecture for 2 hrs.Dr.Shabeer, Dr.Reshmi T.N, Sreejith Pongomoodu(Physiotherapist), Jayasreelally(DTMS Officer), Bindu, Geetha Sasidharan, Sivaprasad,Unnikrishnan etc., from the Diabscren Kerala team co ordinated all the activities. More than 135 subjects underwent lab, physical exams.

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One doctor told me that exercise is not important in diabetes but we have to consider medicines with the same importance as diet. What is your opinion?

Ans: Your doctor might have told you that you should not be exercising too much when sugars are very high.You should consider all three: diet, exercise and medications with the same importance.