Personal Injury Law

School Diabetes-Care Lacking

By Edward Bills

Families of diabetic children are finding they must resort to litigation to ensure their children have access to appropriate supplies and care at their public schools. In many cases, diabetics? needles are banned from school buses, children may only test their blood in the nurse?s office, and no one other than the school nurse is trained in diabetic care. Parents say their kids are at risk of serious complications if students can not access supplies when needed, or if teachers are not trained to respond in an emergency.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on December 08, 2008 (boomark / email).