The parents of a teenage diabetic are hoping to raise £2,000 to buy their daughter an insulin pump.

Carol and Paddy Donner, of Westfield Lane, Scholes, say their daughter Naomi's life would be transformed if they could buy her the pump she has been loaned for a one-month trial.

The pair fear Naomi, 18, is developing diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to blindness, caused by inaccurate doses of insulin administered by injection.

But since using the pump they say their daughter's health has improved.

Mrs Donner said: "The pump has turned out to be everything we had wanted, I can't say enough how wonderful it has been.

"Pump treatment is not necessarily the best form of treatment for every diabetic but it works for Naomi."

Mrs Donner said Naomi discovered she was diabetic nine years ago and had struggled to manage the condition ever since.

She said: "From the start we were careful and did everything by the book but nothing seemed to work as it should.

"No matter what we did we've never managed to get Naomi's diabetes under control and then we found out her sight was at risk.

"Insulin pumps are popular in America but only 300 people in Britain have them."

The Donners say the £2,000 pumps cost around £800 a year to run.

They are currently borrowing a pump from Harrogate District Hospital which has several patients using the machines which administer insulin directly into the bloodstream.

Anyone who can help should phone Bradford (01274) 693612.

Donations can be paid into the Naomi Donner Insulin Pump Fund, account number 30445852 at Yorkshire Bank, 12 Bradford Road, Cleckheaton.

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