World Diabetes Day is annually observed on November 14, the birthday of Frederick Banting, who discovered insulin together with Charles Best in 1922.

The World Diabetes Day events aim to raise public awareness of diabetes, its rising global incidence rates, and timely disease prevention measures.

Within the framework of this event, residents of the specialty “Adult, Pediatric Endocrinology” under the guidance of the academic staff of the Department of Internal Diseases (Professor V.B.  Molotov-Luchansky, Associate Professors N.V.  Vasilyeva, D.T. Amirkhanova, Clinical instructor – Head of the Department of Endocrinology of the Communal State Enterprise of the Regional Clinical Hospital Z.M. Tutkushbayeva, Head of the Department of Therapy of the Clinic of the NCJSC “KMU” R.M. Iristayev, screening was performed to detect diabetes mellitus among patients of the therapeutic departments of the Communal State Enterprise “Regional Clinical Hospital” of Karaganda, as well as among medical staff of the Clinic of the NCJSC “KMU.” All participants had their blood glucose levels checked and were assessed for their risk of developing diabetes mellitus in the following ten years using the FINDRISK scale, after which they got diabetes prevention recommendations.

The endocrinology department of the Regional Clinical Hospital conducted informational sessions, distributed printed materials on the fundamentals of healthy eating, and addressed diabetic foot prevention in order to prevent vascular complications among patients with diabetes mellitus.

Under the guidance of Professor G.G. Eremicheva, second-year residents conducted a round table discussion on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic polyneuropathy for doctors and patients with diabetes mellitus, based on the Communal State Enterprise “Clinic No. 5.”

These measures will help in compensating for the disease and preventing the progression of vascular complications in patients with pre-existing diabetes mellitus. They will also aid in the timely identification of disorders of carbohydrate metabolism within the population.

Resident endocrinologists