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Diabetic epidemic continues
August 25, 2025
|The Island
Sri Lankan hospitals are packed full, choc-o-bloc with diabetic patients. It is a crisis.
Many sugar addicts are biting the dust at an alarming rate. And the cost of treatment is shooting up through the roof. And only when you pull out your wallet or open your cheque book do you see the recommended so-called 'remedy'—a vast array of pharmaceuticals!
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