PALAKKAD: Sreenanda, a 4th grader of Moyans School, Palakkad, who is suffering from diabetes, will now get insulin as much as she needs. From now onwards, she will get insulin regularly at Palakkad District Hospital. It was Health Minister Veena George who made the special arrangement following the involvement of lyricist BK Harinarayan and music director M Jayachandran. Sreenanda is the daughter of Suresh Kumar, a driver who lives on rent in Kalpathi Vaidyanathpuram.
It was Jayachandran who told Harinarayan about Sreenanda during a composing session in Kochi before Onam. Jayachandran, who was helping her personally, requested Hari to do his best. When Harinarayanan presented the matter to the minister during an event in Thrissur, she called Suresh and made a special arrangement.
Suresh met Jayachandran on the set of the movie 'Odiyan' in Palakkad. It was Suresh who drove director Sreekumar Menon's car. He shared his daughter's plight during the journey.
What the minister did
Sreenanda is suffering from Type 1 diabetes in which her sugar level will drop to 27 and shoot up to 672. She is being suffering from this condition since the age of four. She reaches the school with Glucometer and insulin. She checks her sugar level on her own and also administers insulin. When her sugar level drops, she faints and can be revived only after being given glucose. Her mother, Prameela, had to leave a job in a private firm to take care of her. Sreenanda needs to check her sugar level eight times a day and must take insulin 4 times.
Expensive insulin pump
The insulin pump that can automatically pump insulin into her body costs Rs.7 lakhs with a monthly cost of maintenance touching Rs.20,000.
The family is seeking the help of kind people for the medical care of Sreenanda. Those who wish to contribute can send money to the Account: 40334193073, IFSC Code is SBIN0018974. Name: Suresh Kumar MP, Shekharipuram Branch, SBI.