Synopsis
An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Diabetes: The Hidden Killer
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2016
Licence: ERA Licence required
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