RESEARCH

Top honor for

NEWS photo-Chris Cameron DR. JOHN Hunt displays the Charles Best award, a major achievement for major research.

Hunt’s work with diabetics

‘“*THE THING that drives me is trying to prevent young people going blind.”’

The speaker is 57-year-old Dr. John Hunt, a pioneer in the field of diabetes educa- tion and the first Canadian in 28 years to win the prestigious Charles H. Best award for his Lions Grate Hospital-based research into the disease

Raised and trained tn England, Hunt has been at LGH_ since 1957, doing research and studying “‘peo-

ple, who happen to have diabetes It’s a constant challenge.”

‘*Because diabetes isn’t

only a disease, it deals with people and hfestyles, com phcations involving kidneys, (the) heart, legs, skin, all sorts of things,’’ says Hunt. Hunt was awarded the Best award this spring for his contribution to the care and treatment of diabetics and for being instrumental in improving the quality of life for diabeticg in Canada “Ts aw gréat honor to be selected from all of Canada

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to receive this This ts the first tame such an award has been given out in Canada So it’s mice to feel that one’s

been singled out as the leader in the field in the country [t's rather exciting,

and | feel a bit humble at the same time,’’ he says.

Hunt has also served as a member of the editorial committee of the Interna tional Diabetes Federation, president and honorary life member of the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), an invited speaker at the first international conference on diabetes education in Australia in January and a lecturer on diabetes day cen

tres in Stockholm, Geneva and Dethi.

At) lions Grate, Hunt's work 1s most evident in the angers day centre, where diabetic patients become more knowledgeable about

initiated which deals with Trying Coumprove control in adolescents who are very difficult to get along with and very diffmoult to con trol

Hunt says he is happy of they receive grants as high as $8,000) from the Foun dation

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their affliction, which results “m better control and fewer problems.

Patients eat meals at the centre so that the dietician can observe their eating habits and they perform their own injections so the nurses can observe their techniques.

In addition, patients per- form their own tests while at the centre — which includes the measuring of blood sugar levels — so the nurse can ensure they are doing proper testing.

A major project of the centre involves the use of tn- sulin’ pumps. The pump, worn externally, delivers in- sulin at a continuous rate, doing away with the need for daily injections in some pa- thents

“It really 1s an attempt to mimic the normal pancreas much more closely than just pushing some insulin under the skin once a day and hop ing for the best, which 15 ce ally what i amounts to,”’ says Hunt, adding the pumps are not designed to make injections obsolete

“Pumps are cxpe isive, they're a nuisance and they re Comply ated and if you can maintain good con trol of blood sugar by inyes tions, which we can in nine out of 10 people, then that's fine ott s the people who cant keep good blood sugar control and they're get ting oomto trouble with) Com pleations (for whom) you want to doa anything vou can. to keep the best possible control to try

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