For diabetic children and their parents TSMU g. Zhvania In 1997, the Foundation opened the first "diabetic school" in Georgia at the Endocrinology Center of the Pediatric Clinic. The training was conducted in a special program for five days. The curriculum covered topics related to: etiopathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, diet therapy, insulin therapy, extreme conditions and the role of physical activity in diabetes mellitus. The school was equipped with the necessary visual aids, appropriate literature, glucometers and test sticks, visual control of glycemia, glucosuria and acetone;
The training of children and parents took place both during and without their stay in the hospital. Each student was provided with a Diabetic School syllabus in Georgian and Russian, which included an insulin regimen, dietary therapy for diabetes mellitus (age per unit requirement), and an equivalent product replacement regimen. School students also received a list of sample daily food sets by age (1300 to 2500 kcal).
Of particular note is the fact that only after completing diabetes school will the parent (guardian) be given the drug "Glucagon", which is vital for diabetics with severe hypoglycemic coma. It is with the help of this drug that we have been able to save the lives of dozens of children, especially those patients who live in mountainous regions and whose emergency medical care is particularly difficult during the winter. Upon completion of the study, as a result of testing, students receive a special certificate, which confirms their necessary training in the management of diabetes.
Given that children with diabetes in authorized clinics can receive free one-week inpatient treatment once a year under the state program, we parents and patients are additionally given the opportunity to improve their diabetes education as learning about diabetes is a continuous process and requires constant updating.
TSMU - G. Zhvania As a result of the "reorganization" of the pediatric clinic, the only pediatric endocrinology department in Georgia was abolished, as well as the diabetes school founded by us.
At the insistence of the association, the endocrinology department was transferred to the newly opened I. Tsitsishvili. In the "New Clinic" for children, where the diabetes school continued to work with the support of the administration. Here we must sleep that in 2015 g. Zhvania The endocrinology department started functioning in the pediatric clinic and with the support of the association, after a long pause, the diabetes school was reopened.
With the opening of the Pediatric Endocrinology Hospital at this clinic, historical justice has been restored and it has been returned to the ward where thousands of diabetic children and adolescents have been treated and maintained for many years of its existence.
In 1999, St. The office of the Adjara Regional Organization of the Diabetes Foundation of Georgia with a diagnostic laboratory and a diabetes school was opened in the building of the Para Cells Clinic in Batumi.
A similar office operated with its laboratory and diabetes school in St. Petersburg. In Kutaisi, which was opened in 1999. In the above centers, in addition to examinations and diabetes education, patients were given insulin on the spot, as well as syringes - pens, needles, glucagen, glucometers, and blood and urine test sticks. Such a system of dispensing medicines was very convenient both for patients living in mountainous areas and for socially vulnerable families.
Unfortunately, in 2006, the reckless decision of the then leadership of the Ministry of Health banned the association from issuing medicines from regional offices, which eventually led to their closure.
1997 - 2016 "Diabetic school" was attended by several thousand students, including children with diabetes and their parents, as well as their family members, guardians, doctors of schools and preschools. And nurses.
