Lifespan is honored to receive the “Diabetes Management Service Provider of the Year” award at the coveted India Healthcare Excellence Awards, 2015 presented by Frost & Sullivan, a Global Growth Consulting organization

Mumbai, November 03, 2015 : Lifespan accepts this award as the appreciation of its dedicated efforts to provide specialist diabetes care to the people of India. Lifespan has been a pioneer and thought leader in diabetes and cardiometabolic care and has made breakthrough innovations to provide complete care for diabetics. Lifespan’s care involves a dedicated diabetologist consultation, R.I.S.C.™ test, personalized diet plan, and maximum support.

Only available at Lifespan clinics, Lifespan’s unique R.I.S.C.™ test is a quick, non-invasive and completely painless test that measures 30 cardio-metabolic and other vital health indicators associated with diabetes in a time-saving and cost-effective way. Lifespan provides an integrated solution for patient’s health problems with expertise, diagnostics, and guidance under one roof.

Lifespan has taken diabetes management to a new level with its organized support system and state-of-the-art medicare. With personal diabetes counseling, medication, diet and lifestyle modifications, diabetics who visit Lifespan notice a definite improvement in their health. Their trust has made Lifespan the world’s largest chain of diabetes and cardio metabolic clinics. Lifespan has established itself in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, and Goa with 30 fully functional clinics. With 62 diabetologists, 35 dietitians and 180 support staff, Lifespan has seen more than 32,619 patients visiting Lifespan clinics for diabetes management.

There are about 7 crore diabetics in India and half of them are not aware of it. Another 20 crore Indians have pre-diabetes. One out of three Indians dies from diabetes and heart disease. Around 60 percent of all deaths in India occur due to chronic diseases like these. Lifespan’s vision is to help Indians win over their diabetes and to achieve this, it has started a #WinOverDiabetesIndia initiative which is jointly steered by The Times of India.

Congratulating Lifespan Diabetes & Cardio-metabolic Clinic on the award, Mr. Ankit Goyal, Industry Manager, Healthcare Practice, Frost & Sullivan, said, “Lifespan Diabetes is one of the world’s largest chains for diabetes care. The company has over 30 centers across 10 cities in India serving thousands of patients. Lifespan Diabetes offers a Comprehensive Diabetes Management Program, which is a whole new level of organized support for treatment and management of diabetes. Lifespan Diabetes is a pioneer in R.I.S.C™ test; the company’s unique services include easy appointment access, screening and treatment for pre-diabetics, targeted treatment, and cost-effective and convenient annual plans, all under one roof.”

Lifespan aims to create diabetes awareness and educate 10 lakh Indians about the disease. To achieve this, Lifespan is encouraging people to take the #WinOver10Diabetics challenge. One lakh volunteers will be trained to counsel 10 diabetics each with education material in various forms.

Lifespan plans to reach further by screening 50,000 diabetes and pre-diabetes across many cities in India. Lifespan has introduced ‘Lifespan Measure Gold Glucose Meter’ – one of the world’s most accurate and reliable glucose monitors with low cost strips.

To help diabetics manage their diabetes well, Lifespan has developed Lifespan Diabetes Management – a powerful android app which is available at Google Play Store for free download. To save time and energy for diabetics, Lifespan has launched ‘Lifespan Online’ – where one can get specialist diabetes care at the convenience of your home or office. Diabetics can get online appointment, e-consultation, e-prescription, EMR, and home delivery of medicines as well.

To connect with more people with diabetes and provide them with complete care, Lifespan has started Lifespan Express Clinic and Lifespan Express Chemists. So that diabetes care is always within people’s reach.

Lifespan plans to continue the expansion and grow further to provide specialist full care to as many diabetics possible across India and abroad.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)