UCalgary and community co-researchers tackle stigma of diabetes in homeless population

LOW is a Calgary-based production telling true stories of people with diabetes w
LOW is a Calgary-based production telling true stories of people with diabetes who experience homelessness. Pluto Pictures
LOW is a Calgary-based production telling true stories of people with diabetes who experience homelessness. Pluto Pictures Lights, camera, action. Confused and disoriented, Bobby stumbles into the men's washroom at a shelter where he's spending the night. Desperate and dizzy, the middle-aged man reaches for a tap and a sip of water. Before getting to the tap, his sugar-starved body shuts down and drops to the floor, falling into a potentially life-threatening coma. Bobby wakes up in the hospital, tubes connected to monitors and an IV line. He learns he has had a seizure due to dangerously low blood sugar levels.
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