Youngster promotes diabetes awareness message following own diagnosis
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November is Diabetes Awareness Month and Tuesday was World Diabetes Day.
To mark this, The Orcadian this week has spoken to Ailsa Harvey, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in February, and her parents Alasdair and Helga.
Also included in the newspaper, we hear from one half of NHS Orkney’s expert diabetes team and from a woman who is aiming to boost the peer-support network for people in Orkney with diabetes.
Pick up a newspaper to read more.