Sports event for juvenile diabetics grows in popularity
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Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - The international football Junior Cup Diabetes ended Sunday in Geneva with Spain (kids), Great Britain (junior) and Slovakia (senior) the winners in the competition that brought together 230 young people with diabetes.
This was the fourth annual event, with competitors from 16 countries, and nearly twice the number of athletes that the first event attracted in 2007.
“This tournament proves that diabetes is no hindrance to sport. It’s just the opposite,” says Michel Pont, assistant trainer of the Swiss National Soccer Team.
“Doing sports helps to rise above the disease and confers positive energy.”
The tournament was organized by a group of companies involved in diabetes treatments, one of which is Medtronic, based in Tolochenaz; international diabetes organizations; and a number of other groups, including medical researchers, the HUG university hospitals in Geneva, the Philias Foundation for corporate social responsibility and the Theodora Foundation, which works closely with hospitals and other groups that treat sick children and those with chronic diseases.
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Medtronic in Tolochenaz, Switzerland
Tolochenaz, canton Vaud (Switzerland) – Medical device maker Medtronic has reported fiscal year third quarter (period ending 29 January 2010) revenue of $3.851 billion, a 10 percent increase over third quarter revenue reported a year earlier, the company said Tuesday 23 February. Revenue from outside the US rose by 22 percent in the same period compared to the previous year and accounted for 42 percent of the total.
Medtronic’s head office for Europe and Asia is in Tolochenaz, which is also home to its European training centre.
The company employs 950 people in Switzerland.
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Medtronic, Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland
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