The Danish newspaper Arbejderen has reported the case of a truck driver named Jens, who lost both lower legs to diabetes. The article was published on July 27, 2026.
The story of the driver, identified only as Jens, appeared in Arbejderen under the newspaper’s domestic news section. According to the report, the long-distance driver had both lower legs amputated as a consequence of diabetes. The case is presented as an account of one worker’s illness and its physical outcome.
A man with the same first name and the same medical history featured in earlier Danish reporting. DR reported on November 24, 2015 on Jens Godiksen, who was 73 at the time and had lived with diabetes for 30 years. Per that report, both of his legs were amputated below the knee over a period of six years.
In the 2015 DR article, Godiksen said he believed that earlier treatment could have prevented the amputations. His case was used in coverage of a treatment approach on Funen, described as a model intended to save the feet and legs of people with diabetes. The identity match between that account and the man described by Arbejderen is not independently confirmed in the material available.
Medical background
Diabetes can cause foot ulcers that do not heal, and in some cases these lead to amputation. That description comes from the Danish health information site Helbredsprofilen, in a page dated November 13, 2020. Nerve damage and reduced circulation are described there as central to the problem.
The Danish Health Authority, Sundhedsstyrelsen, has assessed the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in a medical technology report. According to that assessment, 25 percent of patients with diabetic foot ulcers undergo amputation of the lower leg or thigh. The figure is presented as general background on the condition rather than as a comment on any single case.
Arbejderen is a Danish left-wing newspaper that publishes primarily online. Its coverage frequently focuses on working conditions and the health of wage earners. The article on Jens was placed in the paper’s section for domestic affairs.
No other Danish or international outlet was found to have covered this specific Arbejderen article. Searches did not surface matching reporting from TV 2, Politiken, Berlingske, Jyllands-Posten, or English-language outlets in Denmark. The DR piece from 2015 remains the only other identified reporting on a case with these details.
The full text of the Arbejderen article was not available in the material reviewed for this report. As a result, the newspaper’s exact chronology and any new details it contains cannot be verified here. The account above rests on the article’s stated subject and on the named secondary sources.
