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World Diabetes Day-2020 observed in Narsingdi
NARSINGDI, Nov 15, 2020 (BSS) – The World Diabetes Day-2020 was observed in the district on Saturday as elsewhere across the country with a call for raising massive awareness about the disease.
This year’s theme of the day is “Come, keep our family Diabetes free”.
On the occasion, a colourful rally organized by Narsingdi Diabetic Association was brought out from Narsingdi Diabetes Hospital premises with the participants of students, officials and the members of Diabetes association paraded the main roads of the town.
After the rally, a discussion meeting was held in the conference room of Narsingdi Diabetes Hospital with president of the association and deputy commissioner of Narsingdi Seyda Farhana Kawnine in the chair.
The meeting was addressed, among others, by vice president of Diabetes Association Momen Sarker, general secretary Mohammad Nural Amin, joint secretary Aminul Hoque Battchu, organising secretary Haroun-or Rashid Haroun, members of the association MA Basher Battchu and Rasel Bin Hasnat.
The speakers said the numbers of diabetes patients is increasing in the district as well as Bangladesh like other countries of the world because of changes in lifestyle and food habit and lack of physical labour.
Terming diabetes as a silent epidemic, they stressed the need for creating awareness to prevent diabetes and called upon the private organizations and civil society to come forward in this regard.
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