Of the 36 children, around 10 to 12 who are over the age of eight may receive insulin pumps
COIMBATORE: As many as 36 children from poor background with type 1 diabetes being treated in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital will soon receive the latest type of insulin replacement therapy.
City-based Idhayangal Charitable Trust (www.idhayangal.org) has decided to launch a special programme called ‘Kovai Thulir’, under which each of these 36 children will be given a refrigerator each to store insulin, a glucometer with 25 strips every month and an insulin pen or pump, where the needle is much finer than a normal injection needle, free of cost.