TORONTO — Ontario is spending $741 million over the next four years on the fight against diabetes in an effort to head off the growing spate of health problems related to the disease, Health Minister David Caplan said Tuesday.
Come September, more than 1,300 adult Ontario residents with Type-1 diabetes will be eligible to receive free insulin pumps under the initiative, Caplan told a news conference in Toronto.
The plan will also include an online registry beginning next spring that will assist patients in the management of their condition and aid health care providers in checking patient records, he added.
"This tool will give people living with the disease the power to actively manage the disease in partnership with their health care team and providers," Caplan said.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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