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The Doctor who Dreamed

From: Lucy Laycock
Length: 00:27:59

Although insulin was discovered 89 years ago, children with Type 1 diabetes are still dying in parts of the developing world for lack of the life-saving drug. Families are simply unable to afford to treat a condition that is both manageable and accepted in the west, and these children face a future blighted by poverty and discrimination. In India's city of oranges, one Doctor is trying to save them. Read the full description.
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The Doctor who Dreamed
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Lucy Laycock

Dsc_0320_small Lucy Laycock travels to Nagpur to meet Dr Sharad Pendsey at the DREAM Trust, and learn more about the complex social and economic problems faced by children with Type 1 diabetes in the developing world. Using money from his own private clinic and international child sponsorship the Doctor has saved the lives of around 600 children, and whilst he fights the condition on a small scale, world experts have finally realised this is an issue we need to act on. Although Non-Communicable Diseases like Type 1 diabetes are the world's second largest killer, only 2% of international aid goes towards treating them, and a UN Summit will be held on September 19th-22nd to discuss this.

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Lucy Laycock travels to Nagpur to meet Dr Sharad Pendsey at the DREAM Trust, and learn more about the complex social and economic problems faced by children with Type 1 diabetes in the developing world. Using money from his own private clinic and international child sponsorship the Doctor has saved the lives of around 600 children, and whilst he fights the condition on a small scale, world experts have finally realised this is an issue we need to act on. Although Non-Communicable Diseases like Type 1 diabetes are the world's second largest killer, only 2% of international aid goes towards treating them, and a UN Summit will be held on September 19th-22nd to discuss this.

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INTRO:

In many of the poorest areas of the world there is a lack of funding for chronic diseases, an issue which will be addressed at a UN Summit in New York in September. For children with Type 1 diabetes, access to affordable insulin can mean the difference between life and death.

This week's programme, "The Doctor who Dreamed", comes from Nagpur in India, as Lucy Laycock explores the difficult situation facing some of these children and their families, and meets a remarkable man who is trying to save them.

OUTRO:

That was Lucy Laycock, reporting from Nagpur in 'The Doctor who Dreamed. If you would like to find out more about the issues of Type 1 diabetes in the developing world, visit our website at www.?.com.

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