One in every ten adults in Sri Lanka has diabetes while its symptoms are not always obvious, which makes it a difficult disease to detect early on. Uncontrolled diabetes could lead to complications such as heart attacks and strokes, kidney disease, neuropathy, retinopathy, ulcerations, amputations, and blindness.
CDEM’s main objective is to combat this deadly disease as it strives to provide patients with the best in holistic care available in the country with the aid of Sri Lanka’s leading specialists in diabetology, endocrinology, cardiology, renal disease, ophthalmology, vascular surgery and clinical nutrition, assisted by an experienced team of diabetes nurses, health educators, pharmacists, dieticians, sexologists, orthotists, physiotherapists, lab technicians, clinical care assistants and Patient Relations Officers.
Because the ill-effects of diabetes can remain hidden for so long, by the time patients notice symptoms, more significant and irreversible problems may have cropped up. This is why we at CDEM put special emphasis on early screening, early detection and timely control.
Weight loss, excessive thirst, excessive urination, constant hunger, lethargy, slow-healing wounds, recurrent infections and blurred vision could all be signs of diabetes and if you have one of these symptoms, you should get screened early in order to start battling the disease as early as possible.
With CDEM’s state-of-the-art medical laboratory facilities, patients are able to get fast and accurate test results within just a few hours. CDEM also has a well-stocked pharmacy, advanced 2-D Echo cardiography and ultra-sound scanning, the Obesity Care and Dietary Advice Centre, a Physiotherapy Unit, the High Risk Foot Care Centre, a wound care clinic, an easily accessible outpatient department (OPD), the Eye Care Centre, and the Sexual Dysfunction Clinic.
All this, together with the care of a multi-disciplinary team of the country’s brightest medical minds, provides our patients with the most comprehensive diabetes care available in Sri Lanka.
The Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Cardio Metabolism (Pvt) Ltd is the first ever hospital in Sri Lanka to deliver total and comprehensive care for Diabetes, cardiac, renal and metabolic diseases and for those who have developed cardiac, kidney and eye complications under one roof.