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Lifesaving funding By Chris Valli
Drug-buying agency Pharmac will begin funding continuous blood glucose monitors (CGMs) and a selection of wearable insulin pumps from October 1. Blenheim’s Geri Plant, 35,
has insulin-dependent diabetes and has been diabetic since her diagnosis as a 16-year-old. Geri says the funding for the CGM’s is great news as a lot of us diabetics across the country have been waiting so long for this. Continued on page 2.
Geri Plant, 35, has insulin-dependent diabetes and has been diabetic since her diagnosis as a 16-year-old. Geri says the funding for the CGM’s is going to lessen the financial burden on many families who are already self-funding the devices to support their health,” she says.
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