People with cancer struggle to get medicine

He feels very weak from the treatments and the disease herself, she doesn’t even have the strength to eat, that’s how Doris spends her days, 15 years old, who suffers from Cancer to the blood

She assures that it is not only the disease that overwhelms her, but also lack of medication and financial resources to deal with your problem.

Reality

Doris is from one humble family and after a year of treatment ensures that the forces vanish, as well as the promises that you have received from the authorities.

“Since last year they told us that they are about to normally deliver the medicinesbut to date that offer has not been fulfilled”, he commented.

Since last year they told us that they are about to normally deliver the medicinesbut to date that offer has not been fulfilled “

Doris

Teenager with blood cancer

According to the adolescent, she and her parents must buy their medicines at different pharmacies in which, Frequently, the cost of drugs increases.

A similar case is the one experienced by Fernanda, who suffers from breast cancer and ensures that getting your medicines it is a real ordeal.

“We can no longer beg In public hospitals, we have opted to generate resources by doing raffles, solidarity chacho and other strategies in order to obtain resources for the medicines”, stressed the woman.

EL DATO
Desde 200 dólares cuesta una receta que dura dos días.

Lisbeth Zurita is a survivor because after fighting leukemia for three years she managed to get better, but she assures that since Condition almost never received medicines.

“They asked us to wait, but the disease does not wait and we have to look out for ourselves,” he said.

She recalled that several of her classmates, with whom she went to the chemotherapies they died without medicines the only thing that can be expected is the death”.

TOME NOTA 
Según los expertos el cáncer incluye cerca de 2 mil enfermedades 
y por ende se requieren 2 mil tratamientos diferentes para enfrentarlo.

Situation

Gustavo Davila, national director of Youth Against Cancerstated that they have been promises after promises that the authorities have made, but that they have not solved a delicate situation for hundreds of people.

Desperate family members shop around the hospitals what they can and at the price they sell them”

Gustavo Davila

National Director of Youth Against Cancer

Meanwhile, patients no longer have the chemotherapy for several months and this deteriorates considerably your health and unfortunately these drugs are not cheap at all.

EL DATO 
En un hospital o clínica privada la detección del cáncer de mama puede 
llegar a costar hasta 400 dólares, mientras que otros, como el linfoma, 
esa cifra puede sobrepasar los 3 mil dólares, únicamente para las pruebas.

“Desperate family members shop around the hospitals what they can and at the price they sell them to,” he commented.

According to Davila the Condition must provide these medications, as established by the Constitution.

“It is a right, but this is not fulfilled,” he assured while explaining that the medicines they are delivered to few people and dropper.

Dávila also stated that not only the people with cancer have difficulty obtaining medication but also many catastrophic illnesses.

They asked us to wait, but the disease does not wait and we have to take care of ourselves”

Lisbeth Zurita

cancer survivor

Authorities

From the Zonal Health Coordination 3 It was indicated that in this area there is no portfolio of services for cancer patients for which they are referred to another level of care.

As explained, those who suffer from cancer are sent to Solca or to tertiary hospitals, located in other provinces, where the corresponding drugs. (FCT)

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