Diabetic Living Australia

MAN ON A MISSION

Even though Mark Shah lives with type 1 diabetes himself, it’s not the reason he wanted to become a diabetes educator. In his own words, after qualifying as a registered nurse, it just kind of ‘happened’.

“In my early years as a nurse, I worked on renal wards, looking after people with kidney problems. Some needed kidney transplants, some needed dialysis and for quite a few people I was caring for, diabetes-related complications was the reason for their kidney failure. That had a

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