07
Sep
Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): For a person living with diabetes, a cut on the foot can slowly turn into a medical emergency. Nerve damage can dull pain, making injuries easy to miss. Poor circulation can slow healing, while infection can spread into deeper tissues and, in severe cases, threaten the limb itself. For hundreds of patients in Punjab, Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana (MMSY) became the safety net when a diabetic foot problem escalated into a fight for recovery. At 47, Harcharan Singh was battling advanced diabetic foot disease. Nerve damage had reduced his ability to detect injury, while infection had spread…