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stoufjville suntribune thursday dec 14 2006 9 families of dia pump spares children multiple injections by michael power staff writer without an insulin pump sara erhart 14 would rely on multiple injections each day she was diagnosed with diabetes almost 10 years ago but has used a pump about the size of a business card to inject her with insulin for five years her fathers insurance plan covered 5000 for each pump sara ijas used her mom louise said but the cannington family has had to cover the remaining cost which amounts to sev eral thousand dollars a new 96million provincial plan will see full funding for pumps for about 1000 children 18 and younger across ontario the money will also cover supplies related to the pumps and is retroactive to april 1 when we heard the government was going to step in and fund pumps we were very excited about it said ms erhart whose daughter gets treatment at markham stouffvilles pedi atric diabetes clinic for my daughter its changed her life she can be more of a normal person an insulin pump is shaped like a telephone pager and can attach to a belt loop or be worn around the waist a tiny piece of plastic inserts into the skin and releases insulin elimi nating the need for needle injections for children a pump can equal nine or 10 needles every three days said alan- na landry a diabetes nurse educator at the hospitals clinic markham stouffville hospital has the only pedi atric diabetes clinic in york region and treats children from across the region and other areas the pump acts as an artificial pancreas contin ually releasing insulin into the patients bloodstream ms landry said pumps reduce the risk to patients of low blood sugar and allows more freedom in what they eat the funding announce ment made nov 24 means families who couldnt afford pumps before can now use evices the technology since the announce ment the clinic has had several inquiries regarding the pumps said cheryl osborne manager respon sible for pediatric diabetes the clinic may have to expand its programs since patients will need mainte nance and followup visits she said those patients will also need four or five hours of clinical time to get started on the pumps investigators search for answers to fire byjoefantauzzi staff writer fire investigators contin ued to sift through the wreckage of a rural ninth line home early this week trying to find out why it burst into flames saturday evening markham fire and emer gency service was dis patched to 10248 ninth line just north of major macken zie drive just after 8 pm to find the detached home lev elled deputy chief shayne mintz said with assistance from whitchurchstouffyille fire fighters york regional police and york ems about 20 fire fighters from markham worked throughout the night to snuff the fire the house was a total loss deputy chief mintz said the fire was contained to the original property he added area resident cory ste- fanick said he could see the flames from his front win dow concerned because of the wind mr stefanick first thought his neighbours barn was the source of the infer no he walked to where emergency workers had bar ricaded off the scene the home was an older building in the largely rural area mr stefanick said there were a heck of a lot of flames he said it was definitely different you dont see fire trucks whipping down major mac like that all the time 6425111 8526711 loose rugs br0adl00m steasn upholstery 3m scotchquard j reesor v annas christmas cake we make a terrific dark fruit cake all ready to slice and place on a dessert tray full of fruit and nuts this cake is sure to satisfy discriminating taste buds three different sizes 595 1595 annettes tourtiere our tourtiere is made with beef pork and spiced to perfection this genuine french canadian recipe has become a favourite of our customers this time of year it is no wonder they keep asking for it in the new year as well 1595 each roasting chickens our fresh roasting chickens never fed medicated feed 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