Non-obese teens are falling prey to Type 2 diabetes

In the past five years, the number of teenagers falling prey to Type 2 diabetes has increased by 25 per cent due to changing lifestyle and environmental factors. Also, according to the doctors, non-obese children below the age of 15 have also been consulting them for treatment of diabetes.
Sonia Thakkar, a 14-year-old from Vashi, was leading a normal life until she met with an accident while playing at the school ground. Though not grievously wounded, despite immediate and continuous medication, her injury did not show much improvement. This made her parents doubtful and they took her to a hospital. It was only then they got to know that Sonia had Type 2 diabetes.
Previously, Type 2 was mainly diagnosed among patients above 50 years of age. But there has been a shift in the trend and more number of teenagers are getting diagnosed with the condition.

RECIPIENT WAITS ON AS CADAVER LIVER `WASTED' DUE TO RED-TAPE DELAY

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Karthik Patel, 33, needed a new liver and had been on the waiting list for several months. Navratri brought hope in the form of a 28-year-old brain dead patient who turned out to be a match. However, Karthik never received the life-changing organ transplant. Reason: The organ authorisation committee denied the private hospital's request to conduct the transplant without permission from the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre. Interestingly, IKDRC denies having the power to give permission to any private hospital to go ahead with a liver transplant.