Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The free clinic here opened about a year ago to serve illegal immigrants. But these days, it is mostly caring for Greeks like Vassiliki Ragamb, who was sitting in the waiting room hoping to get insulin for her young diabetic son.
Vassiliki Ragamb, with her sons Thanassis, in stroller, and Elias, sought help at a free clinic in Perama. Elias, 3, has diabetes and needs insulin.
Four days earlier, she had run out of insulin and, without insurance and unable to pay for more, she had gone from drugstore to drugstore, pleading for at least enough for a few days. It took her three hours to find a pharmacist who was willing to help.
?I tried a lot of them,? she said, gazing at the floor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/world/europe/greeks-reeling-from-health-care-cutbacks.html?_r=1
Vassiliki Ragamb, with her sons Thanassis, in stroller, and Elias, sought help at a free clinic in Perama. Elias, 3, has diabetes and needs insulin.
Four days earlier, she had run out of insulin and, without insurance and unable to pay for more, she had gone from drugstore to drugstore, pleading for at least enough for a few days. It took her three hours to find a pharmacist who was willing to help.
?I tried a lot of them,? she said, gazing at the floor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/world/europe/greeks-reeling-from-health-care-cutbacks.html?_r=1