diabetic denied insulin on flight - goes into coma
 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/s...ectid=10408605

I feel oh so much safer, don't you?

Someone definitely dropped the ball....

However, diabetes is a serious disease (my father suddenly died last April at the age of 55 from diabetic complications)and I can't imagine boarding the aircraft without insulin in hand. I would have either escalated the situation to a supervisor or taken a different flight. From my families personal experiences, diabetes is nothing to mess with and you never know when a diabetic event will take place.

I meant cancel my flight instead of take a different flight. I'm sure Qantas would make this right relatively quickly with a few phone calls.

There's more to this...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/s...ectid=10408778

Certainly interesting. Wonder if the man made all this up?

Did he also find a mouse in his salad? Sounds like a retirement plan to me.

How long was this flight??? If he went into a coma, for NOT taking his insulin, he was very poorly managed and had a high blood suger to begin with, that he should have taken care of. 2 weeks in the hospital is an extensive amount of time. Sounds like far more than hyperglycemia?

It is a long process for a coma due to hypoglycemia and doesn't happen in a few hours.

NOW if they had denied a glucogon injection - a whole another story since hyperglycemia is life threatening and does need prompt action, but drinking sugered drinks would have been a remedy if needed- especially since this passenger "walked" on to the flight.

This whole story rings fishy.

BQ is correct. My son is a diabetic [35 years] and this does not ring true. How do these tales get started???? Drives me nuts!

..Just reread BQ's post. Sounds like she is saying remedy hyperglycemia with sugared drinks, glucogon.
I think BQ means sugared drinks, glucogon for low blood sugar..i.e. HYPOglycemia.
You would not give more sugar to someone with high blood sugar i.e HYPERglycemia.
I'm sure it was just a typo.