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\"\"<\/a>The number of diabetics in Japan is\u00a0estimated at over eight million, with millions more suffering from impaired glucose tolerance, or prediabetes.\u00a0 The Japan Diabetes Society says that after last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in north-east Japan, there are 400-500 survivors with type 1 diabetes in the stricken area.<\/p>\n

Currently, The Japan Association for Diabetes Education and Care, Japan Diabetes Society, and pharmaceutical companies are working together to try to ensure stable product supply and distribution to patients in the following areas: Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, and the Ibaragi prefectures. Each prefecture has two or three hospitals where the patients\u00a0can seek help for their condition.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk, Sanofi Aventis and Japan Lilly have\u00a0set up\u00a0emergency phone lines for the survivors.\u00a0 According to\u00a0a press release,\u00a0the production line and the delivery of supplies from those pharmaceutical companies were not affected by either the quake or the tsunami, allowing them to provide the number of insulin products as usual. The question, however, is about access, about\u00a0actually getting the medication to the patients. \u00a0 Because of damaged infrastructure, it’s difficult to deliver the supplies such as insulin, cotton and needles on the ground.\u00a0 The Japan Diabetes Society has asked Ministry of Defense if the helicopters belonging to Japan’s Self-Defense Forces can carry diabetes supplies among other important goods. According to the emergency medical care doctor, Dr. Nagata, who was in the Fukushima prefecture where the nuclear plant complex is located, “many people\u00a0just fled without taking\u00a0medicine and they are in great need of it.” He added, “The shortage of medicine, not only for diabetes, but for all in the shelters is serious.”\u00a0 He also explained that lack of petrol made it difficult for\u00a0him to visit far-flung areas.\u00a0 He was sorry that he could not make all rounds, since it’s not only lack of medicine that’s a problem, but a critical shortage of medical specialists on site.<\/p>\n

News reports about the plight of diabetics and other chronically ill patients are trickling in, however there is still little information.\u00a0 A recent report says blood glucose monitors are among the supplies being delivered to shelters.\u00a0 This morning, however, CNN reported a lack of medication for diabetics and those suffering from blood pressure problems.\u00a0 The newspaper Kahoku Shinpo reported on a survivor whose husband is diabetic and is having difficulty walking.\u00a0 She wanted to ask for help, but could not because she knew everyone in the shelter needed help.<\/p>\n

You can donate here to assist diabetics in Japan:<\/p>\n

Japan Association for Diabetes Education and Care (Nihon Tonyobyo Kyokai) Donation for East-Japan Earthquake Disaster (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai Gienkin) JP Bank (You-cho Ginko, Bank Code: 9900)
Account# 00170-4-15463<\/p>\n

Noriko Kitano is a Tokyo-based freelance journalist, writing mostly about travel and lifestyle. She studied print and online journalism at Emerson College, Boston.\u00a0 She is the author of “Romania- cultura, arta, spiritualitate” and “Cherished designs and memories of Bulgaria and Romania.”\u00a0 When she is not writing, she enjoys cooking, playing the piano,and jogging with her pug\u00a0in the park.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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