Insulin poisoning is used as a mode of suicide in non-diabetics, doctor James Gakara used it to end his life and those of his two children.
Dr. Gakara injected his two children with insulin before turning to himself, but the effect of the insulin was slow on him.
He was rushed to hospital on Saturday September 18th after he was found unconscious in his house, with the bodies of his two children lying on their bed.
Dr. Gakara died on Wednesday morning September 22nd while receiving treatment at Nakuru Level Five Hospital.
A doctor who spoke to Dr. Gakara’s friend – who was his best man during his wedding in 2015 – said that the deceased’s blood sugar level had dropped significantly that he could not make it.
“Some medication had to be sought from Nairobi to manage his blood sugar level but it proved difficult. He was in ICU all through,” said the doctor.
When non-diabetics take insulin, it leads to hypoglycemic coma which can cause several complications including death.
Insulin poisoning is also used as a mode of suicide in non-diabetics, especially by medical and paramedical personnel who knows its effects.
It is possible to overdose and die of an insulin injection. Obviously, if enough is injected fast enough, the body can’t recompense appropriately and and the person would die of hypoglycaemia.
Hypoglycemia is clinically defined as blood glucose (sugar) levels low enough to cause symptoms and signs.
Below around 20mg/dL of blood sugar levels in the blood you are likely to suffer brain damage and eventually death – exactly what happened to Dr. Gakara and his children.
Dr. Gakara suffered coma, seizures and brain damage as it is the case with severe hypoglycemia – which accounts for up to 10% of deaths among young people with Type 1 diabetes.
The late doctor, who specialized in treating pregnant women, was in ICU for three days before he died.
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