A diabetic man fell into a coma because airport staff refused to let him take his insulin on board a flight from Auckland to Christchurch.*sigh*Qantas yesterday apologised to Tui Peter Russell, who had a severe attack on the plane and was in hospital for two weeks.Mr Russell said check-in staff at Auckland Airport told him he could not take his medication on board because it was dangerous.
He started feeling ill during the flight last month and called a flight attendant."They asked where the insulin was, and they weren't very happy when they found out I wasn't allowed to bring it on board."
The good thing is Mr. Russell survived; the flight crew appears to have handled themselves very well and did their best to care for him when he became ill. It's the braintrust on the ground who didn't allow him to take his medicine onboard that I worry about.
Hopefully, some corrective training was conducted with a quickness.
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