Covid, steroid use for treatment likely cause for rise in diabetes cases: Doctors

​​Gujarat, the diabetes capital of India, seems poised for a jump in the number of diabetics post Covid-19 as experts report a perceptible rise either triggered by or detected during the Covid episode. ​​“A global analysis published in Journal of Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism last year demonstrated that 14.4% of patients hospitalised with severe Covid developed diabetes,” says endocrinologist Dr Sanjeev Phatak

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