Of the 36 children, around 10 to 12 who are over the age of eight may receive insulin pumps
COIMBATORE: As many as 36 children from poor background with type 1 diabetes being treated in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital will soon receive the latest type of insulin replacement therapy.
City-based Idhayangal Charitable Trust (www.idhayangal.org) has decided to launch a special programme called ‘Kovai Thulir’, under which each of these 36 children will be given a refrigerator each to store insulin, a glucometer with 25 strips every month and an insulin pen or pump, where the needle is much finer than a normal injection needle, free of cost.
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COIMBATORE: A 43-year-old life convict lodged at the Coimbatore Central Jail died after falling ill on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as P Murugasamy, a resident of Udumalpet in Tirupur district. He was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 in October 2018 for abducting a nine-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her. The Tirupur mahila court had convicted him to life imprisonment in April 2019.
Murugasamy had complained of breathing difficulties and used inhaler on Thursday, a prison official said. “His cellmate alerted us after he collapsed around 11.30pm. We providing first aid at the prison hospital and took him to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. But CMCH doctors declared him as brought dead,” he said.
Udhagamandalam: At least 55 residential properties in Mavanallah and surrounding areas located close to the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) buffer zone were issued caution notices by the Masinagudi panchayat for utilizing the properties for commercial purposes. The properties were found used as resorts/homestays.
This action was initiated after an inquiry into the death of a 50-year-old male elephant which suffered burn injury on its left ear in Mavanallah 10 days ago. The inquiry revealed that three rooms located in the first floor of the residential premise, where the elephant had strayed and sustained burn injury, were let out for tourists illegally.