Mike Freelander (Macarthur, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

As it has already been noted, 14 November marked World Diabetes Day. The theme for this year is 'Education to protect tomorrow.' This is a very important theme to focus on, as it highlights the need for individuals living with diabetes and healthcare professionals alike to have greater access to diabetes education. I want to make this point which is very, very important to the residents of Macarthur, and I pay tribute to our two paediatric endocrinologists, Lisa Amato and Monique Stone, from our paediatric diabetes clinic at Campbelltown hospital for the wonderful efforts they are putting in to help with diabetes management for kids with type 1 diabetes in Campbelltown and surrounding areas.

In particular, I want to pay tribute to Sister Terri Anne O'Sullivan, who's small in stature but a giant in diabetes management in Macarthur. For over 25 years she's spent hours and hours above and beyond the call of duty to educate patients, their families, and us doctors about the newer technologies in diabetes, and I've seen some dramatic changes that have made diabetes management much, much easier and much better for patients, reducing side effects and having better outcomes. So I pay tribute to Terri Anne, to our diabetes specialists in Macarthur and to all those patients who are doing their best to make their health care better for themselves.