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2010-09-01
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Airline's Medicine Ban Leaves Diabetic Passenger In Coma
2006-11-01 14:59:58 (200 weeks ago)
Posted By: Intellpuke
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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, New Zealand.
 
Qantas yesterday apologized to Tui Peter Russell, who had a severe attack on the plane and was in hospital for two weeks.
 
Russell said check-in staff at Auckland Airport told him he could not take his medication on board because it was dangerous.
 
The 43-year-old Glen Innes chef said he had flown many times with Qantas and had never had problems taking his medicine on board.
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