PUTRAJAYA: A study has revealed that 76% of more seriously ill diabetics did not manage to get their diabetes under control and almost all did not comply with treatment advice.
As a result, almost half of the 1,668 patients with type 2 diabetes, seeking tertiary care from 19 public hospitals, suffered eye complications which could lead to blindness.
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