Friday 26 / April / 2024
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has issued Royal Orders approving an annual budget for the Ministry of Health to provide electronic sensor devices to measure sugar levels and insulin pumps for children with type 1 diabetes.
Within the framework of the generous care that His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik gives to his fellow citizens, he has kindly given his royal orders to approve an annual budget for the Ministry of Health to provide electronic sensor devices to measure sugar levels and insulin pumps for children under school age and preschoolers. School education (kindergarten and pre-school), and school students under the age of eighteen - Omanis - with type 1 diabetes.
These sensors are among the latest technologies and advanced methods for reducing the symptoms resulting from blood sugar diseases, as they allow for accurate monitoring that leads to reducing the complications of this disease.
There is no cure for type 1 diabetes, but it can be controlled and controlled in children with it to reduce the occurrence of its serious complications using advanced medical methods and modern technologies that lead to improving the quality of life. Which helps them to be able to live with the disease, practice the details of their normal lives, and participate in various school and social activities.
The royal orders to provide these modern technologies to diabetic children and school students aim to provide support to them and their families, given the difficulty some people with the disease face in accepting traditional treatment that relies heavily on insulin injections.
