Kingdom for children of diabetes
The Saudi Diabetes and Endocrinology Society has completed all preparations for the educational and recreational camp, which will be set up in Khobar, east of the Kingdom, from 17-29 August at the Prince Sultan Center for Science and Technology "Scitech", for children with type 1 diabetes and their families.
According to the General Secretary of the Association Dr. Kamel Salama, the camp aims to educate and empower children (7-12 years) and those with type 1 diabetes how to successfully cope with the disease without obstacles, and to enable children to deal with disease conditions efficiently and without medical problems, in addition to helping children to Integration into society, establishing acquaintance between children and their families with the medical team of the Saudi Diabetes and Endocrinology Association, forming the nucleus of the Children''s Diabetes Club in the Eastern Province, and social, psychological and financial support for children through shopping centers, sports, schools, etc., as well as forming a support network for children with diabetes and supporting their classes so that This network consists of decision-makers, business men and women, medical authorities, pharmaceutical companies, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Eastern Province, sports clubs, the Ministry of Education, and health centers, establishing a nucleus for registering children with the association and following them up, as well as supporting creative children and launching a distinguished program for them to support The idea of successfully and effectively challenging diabetes and spreading their success stories.
The first camp in the Kingdom includes daily programs supervised by specialists to teach blood sugar measurements, body mass, healthy food, skin and feet care, hand washing methods, carbohydrate counting, dental care, insulin recognition, and other entertaining educational and accompanying programs.
