Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Lack of staff has forced the country's main children's hospital to suspend its insulin pump therapy services for young people with diabetes, some of whom have been on a waiting list for two years.
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin said it was recently hit by the unprecedented absence of two nurses, who have expertise in teaching children how to use the pump. This pump spares the children from having to take insulin injections daily.
The suspension has caused major upset to a number of families, some of whose children were on a waiting list for up to two years to get the necessary training. These children were hoping to be able to use it before the start of the next school year.
http://www.independent.ie/life/heal...tage-affects-kids-hospital-care-30460176.html
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin said it was recently hit by the unprecedented absence of two nurses, who have expertise in teaching children how to use the pump. This pump spares the children from having to take insulin injections daily.
The suspension has caused major upset to a number of families, some of whose children were on a waiting list for up to two years to get the necessary training. These children were hoping to be able to use it before the start of the next school year.
http://www.independent.ie/life/heal...tage-affects-kids-hospital-care-30460176.html