[Diabetes-talk] Pump question

[Mike Freeman]

And people ask why we need a NFB or a Diabetes Action Network.

Mike Freeman


On Jun 25, 2013, at 8:05, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:

> LOL, I thought of the exact episode when I read that post, smile. He was
> actually hacking into a hospital system so that when glucose levels were
> taken, lows would show as highs, and patients were being given insulin
> they obviously didn't need, sending them into inevitable comas.
> 
> The hacker turned out to be a high school student who was working with a
> couple of friends to get revenge. His father, a diabetic, had been a
> patient at said hospital, and due to mismanagement, he lost his vision.
> The dad and son blamed the hospital.
> 
> I saw this episode shortly after I started training at IDB. I was
> bothered by the father's comments while on the stand. He broke down,
> stating how terrible his life was now blind. I remember he said that he
> couldn't eat at a restaurant alone anymore because he couldn't order
> from the menu, couldn't have a social life and couldn't even dial a
> phone anymore on his own. I summarily dialed the phone and called my
> now-husband to report on the episode, grin.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of limestone lady
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:16 AM
> To: coe at impactcil.org
> Cc: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
> 
> 
> A few years ago, law and order had a story about a young kid who was 
> able to hack into a hospital's computer, and tamper with insulin 
> guidelines which caused the death of at least one person. Diabetes had
> caused his dad to lose his sight, and he felt like he had 
> lost his dad, and was very bitter.
> Many of those shows were discribed as being ripped from today's 
> headlines, so I wonder if it was true.
> The main reason I remember it was because the hacker was from Toronto, 
> which meant of course that it was a cross border crime.
> Linda.
> 
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