JEDDAH: Of youths under the age of 20, 5 to 10 percent suffer from
diabetes, said Vice President of the Saudi Society for Children’s
Medicine and head of the third annual conference for diabetes patients
Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Toweim.
The two-day conference launched on Wednesday at the InterContinental Hotel in Jeddah, under the auspices of Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, with attendance of 40 professors
and lecturers from inside and outside the Kingdom.
According to Al-Toweim, “treatment for type I diabetes patients without any
complications costs the Ministry of Health SR10,000 annually for insulin
needles, while treatment for type 2 diabetes per patient ranges between
SR5,000 and SR8,000 annually.”........
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