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The Doctor who Dreamed
From Lucy Laycock | 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.
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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.