STV News Article - omnipod

[Soplewis12]

Hi Folks, my mum called me tonight in a bit of a panic after seeing this on TV.

https://news-stv-tv.cdn.ampproject....n-insulin-device-over-fears-it-killed-husband

I'm not scaremongering by any means but feeling very uneasy if the pod has malfunctioned.

 

[Lainie71]

Hi Folks, my mum called me tonight in a bit of a panic after seeing this on TV.

https://news-stv-tv.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.stv.tv/west-central/widower-calls-for-ban-on-insulin-device-over-fears-it-killed-husband?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&amp&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw==#aoh=16408907890226&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://news.stv.tv/west-central/widower-calls-for-ban-on-insulin-device-over-fears-it-killed-husband

I'm not scaremongering by any means but feeling very uneasy if the pod has malfunctioned.

Heart breaking

 

[Soplewis12]

Heart breaking

It was, poor guy & his poor husband and family

 

[Chas C]

It was, poor guy & his poor husband and family

Fully agree, very sad, so sorry for this poor guy and his family / friends.

Please don't panic, hopefully all will become clearer once experts get time to review.

 

[jonathan183]

Unfortunately no technology is 100% effective

 

[ert]

Unfortunately no technology is 100% effective

They will check the device. They need to rule out foul play.

 

[Soplewis12]

They will check the device. They need to rule out foul play.

I had the same thought. We probably won't hear one way or the other regarding the investigation results. Such a tragedy

 

[Heathy]

I thought the pod only had 3 days supply of insulin I have to change mine every 3 days and surely this poor guy was monitoring his blood glucose it must have dropped considerably while he was asleep. You never know if this technology malfunctions a bit scary

 

[Soplewis12]

Hiya, with the omnipod pump I was told when changing it to fill with 200 units regardless of the daily needs but yep needs changing every 3 days. More than likely lots of excess insulin was in the pod. Tragic!