Don't Spare An Inch To

Save a Foot

There is a special photograph I debated over using in this editorial. It has been much borrowed and much used. It is not a Renoir, an Affandi or an Ong Kim Seng. You may never want to look at it again. In medical parlance this is a photograph of a bilateral BKA (below knee amputation). In real life it is a photograph of a patient who has lost a limb (or in this case two limbs) to diabetes. Although he readily agreed to , provide this "educational" photograph, we will preserve his privacy and not show his face. Including this photograph may draw me some flak. If it helps the theme of this issue and also the theme of this year^'s World Diabetes Day "Put Feet First, Prevent Amputations", let it be. Better to know the score and keep life and limb.