Impact Stories
Ascension Borgess Foundation
Uninsured patients with Diabetes received lifesaving care and education
When left untreated, diabetes can lead to devastating, life-threatening complications including heart disease, nerve damage, blindness, kidney failure and amputations. Your gift to the Diabetes Care and Education Fund at Ascension Borgess directly supports our patients in need of diabetic care and education.
Through this fund, our uninsured and underinsured patients receive assistance with costs associated with their doctor visits, blood labs, patient education, monitors and testing supplies. Diabetic patients learn how their medication works, the best time to test their blood sugar level, and what to do when it is above target.
One patient expressed gratitude for the help received and said he is “feeling so much better now that he is aware of his diabetes and has learned ways to manage his blood sugar.”
The vital work of the Diabetes and Endocrine Center’s Uninsured Clinic would not be possible without you!