Huons to donate 6,000 glucose monitoring devices to local community

Local biomanufacturing and health care company Huons will donate 6,000 glucose monitoring devices to a local community for diabetic patients.

Pictured is the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, which is used by patients with type 1 diabetes to track blood sugar levels. The device is distributed domestically by local health care company Huons. [DEXCOM]

Local biomanufacturing and health care company Huons will donate 6,000 glucose monitoring devices to a local community for diabetic patients.

Huons said Tuesday it will donate its Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices to the Korean Society of Type 1 Diabetes, an organization that aims to promote healthy diabetes management and advocate for the consumer rights of people with diabetes. The CGM device enables patients to track their blood sugar levels.

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the patient’s pancreas does not make insulin. The condition is difficult to cure and requires constant monitoring and management to avoid hypoglycemia, which is when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall below the standard range.

Patients with the condition are advised to make healthy food choices, eat consistent amounts throughout the day to control blood sugar levels and regularly exercise, especially as it can lower the chance of diabetes-related problems such as heart disease, kidney disease and nerve damage.

Ahead of the donation, Huons has also provided Dexcom G6 transmitters to patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in June last year.

“We decided to donate the Dexcom G6 CGM devices to aid patients suffering from diabetes. We will continuously strive to aid diabetes patients in need,” said Huons in a statement.

BY KIM JU-YEON [kim.juyeon2@joongang.co.kr]