A recent news story about the alarming rate of diabetes-related amputations at a Uganda hospital, shared by The Daily Monitor here: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1294334/-/bfkqtxz/-/ – should remind of another very important reason for why we need a cure.
The Soroti Regional Referral Hospital says that it admits 400 diabetes patients yearly, and most of them require amputations – either because they had not been aware of the disease, or they were unable to manage it effectively.
As we have seen before, diabetes cases worldwide are growing, and many countries around the world are struggling to deal with the epidemic. It is important that governments and organizations provide these people with the proper education and supplies they need to manage their disease, but it is also critically important that researchers focus more exclusively on developing a cure for type 1 diabetes.
Only a cure would provide assurance that diabetes complications can be avoided and won’t resurface later in life. It is an ambitious, but much-needed mission. Unless we pressure foundations to set a specific and outlined goal with a time-frame to aim for, it is highly unlikely we will see the money donated towards a type 1 diabetes cure used effectively.
It is up to us to change things if we want to work for a future where the dangers of diabetes can be eliminated.
– Stoyan
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