Something’s not right here. Her blood sugar was dangerously low so she was going to inject insulin? That’s the exact opposite of what should have been done. Low blood sugar treatment is eating a candy bar. Insulin would lower the blood sugar even further, which an experienced diabetic would know like second nature.
Not saying who did what wrong here but the central story line seems significantly out of whack
When you go low, you are pretty much in a psychotic state. The brain is profoundly impaired.
Like you I noticed right away that she should not be getting insulin if her blood sugar was dangerously low. But I really don't expect the average journalist to know the difference. I would expect though that the story would be seen by at least two editors and a page designer. Someone should know enough to spot the discrepancy. What likely happened was that her mental state was such by that time that she had no idea that the insulin would only worsen her condition. Most diabetics are well versed in the signs and symptoms of both low and high blood sugar. But once the sugar drops dangerously low they are in no condition to know what is happening or what to about it.
I was once charged with drawing up the standing orders and protocols for an advanced life support pre-hospital system. The protocol for handling a suspected sugar problem was the same whether the level turned out to be too low or too high. They were to draw a red-top tube of blood first and then give the patient 50 cc’s of D50W IV. If the sugar low it could save their life, if it was high the IV sugar wouldn't matter at that time. The importance was stressed of transporting as quickly as reasonable. The drawing of blood and the IV sugar could be done enroute.
That was 30 years ago. I have no idea what the protocol calls for now. I do know they now do finger stick blood sugar readings, but don't know if they are expected to use the findings as a basis for giving insulin.
Frankly I am surprised there aren't more instances like this.