Diabetic retinopathy is a sight-threatening microvascular complication of diabetes. The family physician is responsible for increase health awareness for diabetic patients about prevention and early detection of diabetic retinopathy for proper management and follow-up. The objectives of this study were to assess the awareness of diabetic patients about the screening for diabetic retinopathy and to identify the factors associated with the attendance and non-attendance of patients for diabetic retinopathy screening. This study is a cross sectional study in which 100 diabetic patients were interviewed and ophthalmological assessment was done. It was found that there is general awareness of diabetic retinopathy amongst a majority of diabetic patients; however there is a little awareness about the importance of the screening. The main barrier for performing the fundus examination was the lack of the awareness about the importance of it. Awareness creation is the corner-stone of any program aimed to reducing Diabetic Retinopathy. Health insurance is needed to cover all diabetic patients to help in the screening coverage.