Community health volunteers (CHV) will soon start door-to-door screening Mumbaikars for lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. In a bid to find those suffering from such diseases, the civic health department has decided to train thousands of such volunteers.

As per civic officials, lifestyle diseases are taking a toll on Mumbaikars with more than 1 lakh patients in the city. Currently, there are 35,000 patients with diabetes who are registered with civic-run health facilities and taking treatment.