Diabetes has been found to be the primary cause behind 41 percent of the total amputations carried out in the Kingdom during the Hijri year of 1434, according to data released by the Ministry of Heath recently.

Car accidents were the second cause of amputations at 32 percent, followed by congenital factors 6 percent, cancer and electrical accidents and fires 4 percent each, machine-related incidents 3 percent, gunshots 2 percent, falls from high places 1 percent, and other factors 7 percent, according to the report, which was published by Al-Watan daily.

Tabuk Region recorded the highest number of amputation instances with 1,180 cases in 1434, followed by the Eastern Region at 852 cases, Madinah Region 838, Jazan 373, Qassim 325, Jeddah 292, Asir 228, Riyadh 213, Makkah 172, Hail 96, Hafr El-Baten 91, Ahsa 84, Jouf 76, Baha 36, and Taif with 20 cases, the report said.

The report said the number of potential amputation cases in Hijri 1434 reached 1,257,892, which were received among 10 hospitals across the Kingdom as follows: King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Riyadh received 15,802 cases, King Abdulaziz University hospital in Jeddah 33,153 cases, King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh 27, 386, King Fahd University Hospital in Khobar 12,415, Armed Forces Hospitals 767,652, National Guard Hospitals 109,604, Security Forces hospitals 140,225, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah 24,358 cases, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu hospitals 47,234, while Aramco hospitals received 80,063 cases.