Just one injection a week instead of one a day . A revolution in diabetes treatment that starts right from Italy, the first country in the world to make it available free of charge to patients. But not for everyone: because Sardinia is not yet on the list of regions that have approved the procedure to be able to prescribe it to patients.
The complaint comes from Stefano Garau , national vice president of FAND – Italian Diabetics Association and representative of people with diabetes in the regional diabetology consultation.
"The new insulin with weekly effect that improves the quality of life of people with diabetes was presented yesterday in Rome - explains Garau -. The reason is attributable to a reduction in injections from 365 per year (it is a basal insulin administered daily until now) to 52, like the number of weeks in a year ". But Sardinia does not appear, in fact, "in the list of Regions that have approved the procedure to be able to prescribe it to people with diabetes".
" Councillor Armando Bartolazzi - Garau adds - who recently guaranteed his commitment on diabetes and insulin, should immediately give substance to his words . Of all the Italian regions, only Sardinia, Sicily and Calabria have not yet approved the process . The numbers from Sardinia, the sad percentages that place us among the most affected in the world by the diabetes "pandemic" do not allow for any kind of distractions or bureaucratic slowdowns that have no reason to exist. We ask the Councilor to immediately give effect to his words spoken at the Diabetology Council and we hope that they can immediately be translated into concrete facts. Sardinia cannot remain at the rear of the queue when it comes to the health and quality of life of people with diabetes".
The Councilor's response was immediate, specifying: «I want to reassure all Sardinian diabetics who are waiting to be able to use weekly insulin: the drug, approved by Aifa on March 25, will be available for prescription in Sardinia from tomorrow».
