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Doctors are having to amputate and remove limbs on more people in the county because of complications with diabetes, a chronic disease afflicting more than 13 percent of people in Bexar County.
A doctor with the Texas Diabetes Institute said San Antonio has one of the highest foot amputation rates in the country due to diabetes complications.
The New York Times recently reported on the crisis of diabetes in Latino communities in San Antonio.