Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri and Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi visited the Astra Theater of the La Stella Philharmonic Society, Victoria, Gozo, where the ‘Identity of an Island’ project will take place. an investment of more than € 176,000 from European funds.
A remote patient monitoring project has been launched for children with diabetes
Children under the age of 16 with type 1 diabetes will be given a sugar monitor 24 hours a day. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne announced this pilot project and explained that he is expected to participate in it with the 200 children around Malta and Gozo.
The machine, which is small and must be worn at all times, will prevent children from getting pierced four times a day to check their blood level before taking insulin. The information collected by Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) is then passed on to the monitoring center in Mater Dei and is also accessible to the children themselves, their parents and the doctors of their choice. -parents. The device also reminds those who have access to this information when the sugar level rises or falls above the parameters set by parents and doctors, so that the necessary measures can be taken.
The Deputy Prime Minister spoke about how the information collected will be protected in accordance with data protection laws and to ensure this, the Ministry of Health is also involving the Office of the Commissioner for Data Protection.
