Our Program
Saving Limbs and Saving Lives
Every year, there are over one million lower extremity amputations due to diabetes-related complications worldwide, 82,000 of them in the United States. With this statistic in mind, the Diabetes Rural Outreach Project was started in 2005. It is a privately funded program designed to identify, monitor and treat homebound diabetic patients in underserved areas who are at risk for lower extremity amputation.
About
Diabetes Rural Outreach Program.
Every year, there are over one million lower extremity amputations due to diabetes-related complications worldwide, 82,000 of them in the United States. With this statistic in mind, the Diabetes Rural Outreach Project was started in 2005. It is a privately funded program designed to identify, monitor and treat homebound diabetic patients in underserved areas who are at risk for lower extremity amputation.
… up to 85 percent of diabetic lower extremity amputations are preventable
– World Health Organization & the International Diabetes Foundation
Diabetes Facts
