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Working
for a healthier society, the relief of poverty and the advancement of
the Public education
Mrs
Mathilde E. Loseke (The Chairperson) who is currently working at the North Middlesex
Hospital as a staff Nurse had the idea years ago while working in
the diabetic clinic of the Central Hospital of Kinshasa (Mama Yemo
Hospital) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The majority of their
patients at that time were teenagers. The strange thing was the fact
that the level of mortality was higher among these teenagers than among
other categories of patients. She can remember that, while caring for a
group of 30 teenagers with diabetes, ten of them died within one
particular year due to diabetes related complications and two others had
their legs amputated.
According to survey, teenagers were given less attention by parents who
estimated that teenagers could support themselves. In the DRC, there are
no national health services and people have to support themselves in all
aspect of health. Diabetes being a long-life disease is costly and not
everyone is able to support themselves. People are very poor and unable
to support their families. Children are most time abandoned by their
parents. They will therefore go to join others in the streets where the
lifestyle is opposite to the diabetic lifestyle which requires more
discipline and self control. They loose control of the disease and
become victim of all sort of complications with all the consequences
that can occur. Touched by the tragedy, Mrs Loseke decided to look for
ways that could bring changes. She started to help with her own salaries
until the time she came in United Kingdom. In UK, Mrs Loseke realised
that refugees and asylum seekers are facing similar problems. She shared
her idea with some friends and, together, decided to create Save the
Diabetic Life (SDL).
"I am devoted to participate actively for the relief of suffering and poverty
caused by this devastating disease" said once Mrs Loseke . This is not other
people's problem, it is our problem and we must do something about it"
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