Free bath for neighbors with intestinal problems

The "I can not wait" initiative states that those who must make use of this benefit will have to process a proof of identity in order to verify their suffering in response to a request from a third party . This card, intended to be presented to traders or employees of the various institutions, would allow access to the bathrooms without being a customer of the place or having to pay user fees.

In this regard, counsel for the CC -ARI block, Alejandra Villagra, expressed the importance of the project, of which she is the author, stating that "these people with Crohn's disease have Urgencies to go to the toilet and have no mechanisms to wait, this will help them go out and do banking procedures or any other type, which is impossible for them until now. "

The doctors of the Argentine Foundation for the Assistance of People with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (Fundeccu), then validated by the Municipality of Cipolletti

Although these types of diseases are rare, the reality is that there are many Cipoleños who suffer in their different cases.It is steps.'In some cases, the injury that they have in the large intestine is such that those who have this disease do not dare to leave their homes because they can not wait to evacuate.That's why we have to give them the same freedom we all have, "adds the counselor of the municipal government

There is much ignorance

To people suffering from intestinal diseases (inflammatory, ulcerative colitis or diseases) of Crohn's) are often denied the use sanitary as they do not consider it an act necessary or obligation for the party that should offer it. This is mainly due to lack of knowledge on the subject.

All intestinal diseases are genetic, autoimmune and, for the moment, can not cure. They mainly affect people between the ages of 15 and 35, although they can appear at any age.

-> Priorities in Care and Seating

The draft also proposes that people who suffer from this type of diseases have priority in attention in all stores and entities , in addition to the use of public transport seats.

For the time being, the draft ordinance has entered the Committee on Human Development and Family, from where advisers plan to meet with the Chamber of Commerce, directors of banks and the public institutions of the city in the coming months, to try to sanction the norm before the end of the year.