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40 women have died due to shortage of cancer drugs in Aguascalientes


In Aguascalientes, around 40 women have lost their lives due to the shortage of oncological drugs that has been registered in the current federal administration, this was announced by Eli Lozano, president of the civil association “I fight against Cancer”, who mentioned that Only in the group that he heads there were at least five cases of women victims of breast cancer whose treatment was suspended in recent months.

“So far in this federal administration, five comrades have died due to the lack of drugs, because they cannot be given the necessary care, and we have people who are struggling because there are no drugs, there are no chemotherapies, in the state they have been around of 40 women ”.

The greatest shortage has been in chemotherapy formulas, which have had delays for several months, which has favored the spread of cancer in the body of women.

“A month ago a colleague died who was six months without chemotherapy, so when they finally got it, it was too late, there was nothing to do and she only got more damage and finally passed away,” he added.

As it is a generalized shortage in the country, some cancer drugs have also risen, which have doubled or tripled their costs, making it difficult for women from marginalized and low-income communities to access.

“There are medicines that go from 300 pesos to 30 or 40 thousand pesos, a single injection, there are medicines that we cannot find anywhere, but there is also a struggle there, for example, tamofixen, before the pandemic we found it up to 100 pesos in pharmacies and there was a time when it was 400 pesos, because there weren’t. “

Eli Lozano pointed out that, in addition to the shortage, the Covid-19 pandemic caused appointments with medical specialists to be postponed, which also complicated the follow-up and check-ups of women with breast cancer.

“Many times cancers are detected at a very advanced stage, and treatment, no matter how hard one tries, is complicated and not all of them can get ahead, but it has been aggravated by the pandemic, because there was a time when appointments were delayed quite a bit. , the studies, in addition to being struggling in the private and public health areas due to the lack of medicines ”.

Currently, Aguascalientes occupies the third national place in the incidence of breast cancer, estimating that in the entity there are around 900 women with this disease, remaining as one of the main causes of death in the female population.

This has been reflected in the association, where in the last month at least one newly confirmed woman has been received every day, highlighting that there are more and more cases detected at an early age, from 23 years of age.

“It continues to be the leading cause of death in types of cancer, breast cancer, followed by cervical-uterine cancer, but so far it continues to be the first place, and unfortunately it has been marked more now due to the lack of drugs, before it was thought that it was only a disease for women over 40 years old, but we have colleagues who were 26, 27 and even a 23-year-old partner, that is why we emphasize self-exploration “, concluded the activist.

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