Breast cancer patients who require the drugs Letrozole, Anastrozole and hormonal inhibitors reported a shortage of these drugs in the public health system. These medicines are prescribed for people in the early stages of breast cancer.
“Since the beginning of the year there has been a shortage of medicines for cancer patients. Now the crisis is stronger because at the beginning of the year some had a little reserve and others received medicines for two or three months, so that they were not arriving at the hospital, But now they are looking for their treatment, there is none in existence, “said a member of an association of cancer patients who asked not to be identified.
According to the source, treatment with these drugs can cost between $ 200 and $ 500 a month, so acquiring it on your own is not an option for many. “We have supported several women because they have not been in the hospital pharmacies for several months, this whole year has been irregular,” he said.
Meanwhile, at the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS) in Santa Ana, a doctor from the entity said there is an irregular supply of insulin syringes. The source confirmed what was stated in a publication on social networks, where a right holder denounced the shortage of syringes and hours later the ISSS delivered the supplies.
“The shortage in the medical unit of Santa Ana has been going on for several months. They carry a few hundred syringes, but for all the demand there is, they finish in a couple of days and they are left with nothing in the pharmacy again. It is insufficient the ones they bring, although I don’t know if this is at the level of the entire institution, “said the doctor.
The Ministry of Health was sought to verify the complaints about the lack of medicines, but until closing time there was no response. Social Security was also silent.
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