Ireland behind in treatment of children with Type 1 diabetes, Cork medic warns

Dr Colin Hawkes, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at Cork University Hospital, says a co-ordinated national strategy is vital to confronting Type 1 diabetes – and that Ireland is unequipped to address the psychological burden of the disease. Picture is handout by Brian Lougheed.

Ireland is “very far” from where it should be in the treatment of children with Type 1 diabetes, an expert in the disease has claimed.

A co-ordinated national strategy is vital to confronting the chronic condition, consultant Colin Hawkes said ahead of World Diabetes Day on Sunday.