Twenty percent of the Bahamian population is diabetic, according to a podiatrist. And with only four, foot doctors in The Bahamas, and only one of those medical professionals serving in
Eighty percent of people who have had a diabetic amputation will be dead within five years of their limb being removed, according to podiatrist Dr. Monique Mitchell, which is why The Bahamas Podiatric Medical Association is concentrating on a multidisciplinary team approach to saving the diabetic’s foot. Mitchell said having a diabetic lower limb amputation