25% of youth between ages 22-30 diabetic
BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody- July 1, 2014
The Sri Lanka Association of Government Medical Laboratory Technologists (SLAGMLT) yesterday said 25% of the country's youth between the ages of 22 and 30 were afflicted with diabetes.
This conclusion is based on fasting blood sugar/blood glucose levels test results collected between 2012 and 2014 from all government hospitals, government health clinics and camps, private health institutions and also from random blood tests conducted at private laboratories in all the provinces. President of SLAGMLT Janaka Nishantha noted that the age group could be further expanded to include those between the ages of 20 and 40 in the future. He said most people only find out that they have diabetes only when they get themselves tested for something else.
It is important that everyone in the country has a fasting blood sugar test the report said.President of SLAGMLT Janaka Nishantha noted, Diabetes is on the rise at an alarming rate.
This generation of youth are busy and their work is quite stress-inducing. They tend to consume short-eats, in particular rolls and sausage buns for lunch. Yet what is interesting is that in rural village areas those who do not eat short eats for their noon-time meal have also fallen prey to diabetes."
Kurunegala police sergeant shoots himself
July 1, 2014
A sergeant of Kurunegala police had shot himself today morning in using his official weapon, Police Media Unit Told Ceylon Today Online.
Reportedly the incident has taken place in a toilet in the police barrack around 8 a.m. today.
Reportedly the injured sergeant is receiving treatment in the ICU of Kurunegala Hospital.
BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody- July 1, 2014 The Sri Lanka Association of Government Medical Laboratory Technologists (SLAGMLT) yesterday said 25% of the country's youth between the ages of 22 and 30 were afflicted with diabetes.
This conclusion is based on fasting blood sugar/blood glucose levels test results collected between 2012 and 2014 from all government hospitals, government health clinics and camps, private health institutions and also from random blood tests conducted at private laboratories in all the provinces. President of SLAGMLT Janaka Nishantha noted that the age group could be further expanded to include those between the ages of 20 and 40 in the future. He said most people only find out that they have diabetes only when they get themselves tested for something else.
It is important that everyone in the country has a fasting blood sugar test the report said.President of SLAGMLT Janaka Nishantha noted, Diabetes is on the rise at an alarming rate.
This generation of youth are busy and their work is quite stress-inducing. They tend to consume short-eats, in particular rolls and sausage buns for lunch. Yet what is interesting is that in rural village areas those who do not eat short eats for their noon-time meal have also fallen prey to diabetes."
Kurunegala police sergeant shoots himself
July 1, 2014A sergeant of Kurunegala police had shot himself today morning in using his official weapon, Police Media Unit Told Ceylon Today Online.Reportedly the incident has taken place in a toilet in the police barrack around 8 a.m. today.
Reportedly the injured sergeant is receiving treatment in the ICU of Kurunegala Hospital.
