According to Al-Qassim Health Affairs, over the first quarter of this year, diabetes clinics of hospitals and healthcare centers across the region have served 16,488 patients; with 12,695 by clinics of the public sector and 3,793 by clinics of the private sector.
It is noted that these hospitals and healthcare centers provide diabetes services through several clinics, including eye, sampling, initial triage, follow-up, ICU, endocrinology, diabetes, health education, nutrition, foot care, in addition to dressings clinics.