Call for more diabetes surgery to reverse disease’s harmful effects

Surgery should be used more widely in Ireland to cure diabetes and reverse the harmful effects of the disease, a medical expert has claimed.

A stomach operation is being used to treat the more severe cases of type-2 diabetes, one of the most serious health problems in Ireland.

International experts attending a conference in Dublin heard yesterday that “diabetes surgery” not only stops the disease but can turn back the clock, making patients healthier.