Groote Schuur Hospital
Africa’s first dedicated diabetes centre in public health opens
About 4.6-million in SA have diabetes, with Covid highlighting the scourge, say those involved in the Cape Town facility
15 November 2021 - 15:05
Covid-19 may have underscored the high burden of diabetes in SA because it can be a deadly comorbidity, but diabetes is not new and only lags behind TB as the country’s biggest killer...
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