Apollo Hospitals has come up with a new initiative to rent insulin pumps to pregnant women who do not want to prick themselves.

“We at Apollo decided to give the machine on rent as part of a pilot project. We have enrolled 12 patients in the last six months as part of the project. They used the pump and did not have any complications,” said Dr. S.K. Wangnoo, senior consultant endrocrinologist and diabetologist at Apollo Hospitals.

The cause of gestational diabetes is the same as Type II diabetes. Pregnancy itself is an insulin-resistant condition as the hormones produced during pregnancy oppose the action of insulin. Pregnant women who are obese or who have a history of abortions are prone to gestational diabetes.

“Out of an estimated 62.4 million diabetics in India, four to 21 per cent suffer from gestational diabetes. It usually occurs between the 22nd and 24th week of pregnancy and the patient has to be given insulin four times a day. Her blood sugar has to be monitored six to eight times in a day,” explained Wangnoo.

At present, a patient can rent the device for Rs.7,500.

 

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