Ummey Hani

Gov. Newsom has announced California will be the first state to sell insulin through a state-backed program. It will cost just $11.

The hardest thing to deal with in medicine is not the hours, the losses, the difficult encounters, the studying, the debt, the insurance battles, the bodily fluids, the social issues you can’t fix, the competing demands for your time and attention… It is, by far, the egos. 🙃

Share of population with diabetes 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 30.8% 🇰🇼 Kuwait: 24.9% 🇪🇬 Egypt: 20.9% 🇶🇦 Qatar: 19.5% 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 19% 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 18.7% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 16.9% 🇹🇷 Turkey: 14.5% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 14.2% 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 11.3% 🇿🇦 South Africa: 10.8% 🇮🇶 Iraq: 10.7% 🇺🇸 United States: 10.7% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 10.6% 🇨🇳 China: 10.6% 🇪🇸 Spain: 10.3% 🇹🇭 Thailand: 9.7% 🇮🇳 India: 9.6% 🇮🇷 Iran: 9.1% 🇵🇹 Portugal: 9.1% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 8.8% 🇨🇦 Canada: 7.7% 🇵🇭 Philippines: 7.1% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 6.8% 🇯🇵 Japan: 6.6% 🇦🇺 Australia: 6.4% 🇮🇹 Italy: 6.4% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 6.3% 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 6.1% 🇷🇺 Russia: 5.6% 🇦🇷 Argentina: 5.4% 🇫🇷 France: 5.3% 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 5% 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 3.6% (Source: International Diabetes Federation)