Diabetes patients appeal for govt intervention amid rising insulin prices
The Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) has petitioned the Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof Muhammad Pate, on the rising cost of diabetes care in the country. The association said the price of insulin, a critical and lifesaving drug for diabetes patients, had risen by about 200 per cent from N4,000 to N12,000. DAN warned of a potentially catastrophic existential threat …