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Diabetic rushed to hospital after airline seizes insulin - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):


A diabetic man needed emergency care after airline security confiscated his needles and insulin on a flight from Norway to Australia.

Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, intensive care physician George Skowronski says the 55-year-old developed a life-threatening condition because of the build-up of acids caused by a lack of insulin.

The condition can lead to a coma but the man finally received emergency treatment after being met by an ambulance and taken to Sydney's St George Hospital.

Professor Skowronski says diabetic travellers need to have a doctor's letter and prescriptions and proper packaging if they want to take medical supplies on board flights.

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