Players from Perth Scorchers’ KFC Big Bash team paid an unexpected visit to cricket fans in Princess Margaret Hospital’s diabetes ward recently.
Carrying the KFC Big Bash League championship trophy, wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Whiteman, pictured left, and Scorchers skipper Adam Voges, visited five young cricket fans, including 10-year-old recently diagnosed diabetes patient Connor Hill.
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The Children's Diabetes Centre is doing a lot of research into the best ways for patients with T1D to exercise safely. If you are interested in taking part in one of the exercise trials, or learning more about what we are doing, please email diabetes.research@health.wa.gov.au or visit our research section here.