Mithayi clinics, or special clinics for the management of children with Type 1 diabetes or juvenile diabetes, will begin functioning in all 14 districts in Kerala by the second week of April, now that COVID-19 transmission seems to be on the wane, Minister for Social Justice R. Bindu said in the Assembly here on Tuesday.
She was replying to a submission by Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan who pointed out that the restriction of Mithayi clinics to just five government medical colleges was creating hardships for the parents of children with Type 1 diabetes, especially during the pandemic times. He appealed to the government to start satellite centres of Mithayi clinics in all districts soon.
Dr. Bindu said steps have been taken for opening satellite Mithayi clinics in nine more districts. The clinics will thus be opened at the medical college hospitals of Ernakulam and Kannur; Victoria Hospital, Kollam; district hospitals at Kozhencheri (Pathanamthitta), Kalpetta, (Wayanad), Perinthalmanna (Malappuram) and Kanhangad (Kasaragod); taluk hospital at Adimali (Idukki); and Women and Children hospital, Palakkad.
