The president of the Valencian Diabetes Association, Ernesto Navarro, explained that there is a real risk of death for those people sick with diabetes that, as a consequence of the effects of the DANAthey could go more than three days without insulin, so they have begun to organize your distribution in the affected areas.
“By pure statistics, there are people who may have died due to lack of insulin” due to being in an area where it has not yet been possible to access, said Navarro, who recalled that 2% of the population has diabetes type 1 and if you stop taking the medication you can die in three or four days. Navarro, affected by type 1 diabetes, highlighted: “If I don’t take insulin It would last 72 hours, at most.. In less than 24 hours he would have gone into a coma.”
The Valencian Diabetes Association has enabled a telephone number, 678758925to cover the needs of the people and/or municipalities affected by the storm and, since this Saturday, there have already been close to fifty people who have contacted them because they need medication, since the one they had in house “has been taken away by DANA”.
Thus, people with bicycles or on foot are traveling to the places where these people live. to bring them emergency insulin and that they can have access to it, said Navarro, who stated that there must be “many affected people who continually need insulin to live.”
The Association is making insulin, Free sensors, cannulas, glucometers or blood glucose strips available to affected people, says Navarro, who indicates that in the case of diabetic people who have an insulin pump the situation is more critical.
The entity has also made a appeal to receive material and, as Enrique Navarro excitedly states, “there are people with diabetes who have given us some of the insulin they have at home,” and although they have received offers from other provinces, they have had to say no because it is a medication that it is needed for now and your arrival could be delayed.
At the moment, they have material to last a week or twosaid Navarro, who has indicated that people with type 2 diabetes could also be in danger although they have more margin than those with type 1.
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