Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2022
Upper Hutt dad's plea to PHARMAC to cover family's $5,200 a year bill for 'life changing' diabetes devices
2 April 2022 - A Kiwi teacher is calling for public funding for "life changing" diabetes devices after being forced to stump up $200 a fortnight for basic care for him and his daughter.
Jared Summers is the Deputy Principal of Birchville School in Upper Hutt. He and his six year old daughter Sophie both have type 1 diabetes - an auto-immune condition which means the body doesn't create any insulin (or only very little amounts).
