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The executive expects that in the future it will also be possible to cover the most common cancers in the adult population.
Deputy Minister of Health, Álvaro Terrazas. Photo: @es_pueblo
La Paz, July 22 (ANF). – Deputy Minister of Health, Álvaro Terrazas, reported on Sunday that the purchase of oncology drugs will reach nearly 90% of the treatment of children with cancer in the country.
"For this year, we have guaranteed good news to the Ministry of Health, we purchase just over 3.6 million bolivianos in drugs, which will cover nearly 90% of pediatric cancer treatments" , he said.
Terrazas, in a state media interview, he added that he will even cover the palliative treatment of children with cancer.
Up to present, according to the deputy minister, about 2 million Bolivians were destined for the purchase of drugs and only 40 were covered.% of the treatment of cancer in minors.
In a previous press release of the Ministry of Health, it has been clarified that since 2013, this state wallet grants 10 types of free of charge.Children with cancer: methotrexate 50mg, bleomycin, dacarbazine, vincristine, asparaginase, mercaptopurine, methotrexate 500mg, doxorub icine, carboplatin and etoposide
Drugs are delivered to hospitals "Dr. Ovidio Aliaga "of La Paz, Manuel Ascencio Villarroel of Cochabamba and the Instituto Oncológico del Oriente Boliviano of Santa Cruz
In addition," we hope that in the future we can also badume a similar measure with adult cancer, which has a We aim to achieve universality and cover at least the most common cancers of the adult population, "he said.
The issue of cancer in Bolivia is very worrying because the patients do not currently have all the necessary services and they are going through a series of difficulties, including in the health insurance.
But the most extreme case is registered at the Clínicas Hospital of La Paz, where patients with cancer repeatedly had to take pressure measures.
In the forum entitled: A new look at cancer, which recently took place in La Paz, experts in the field of They noted that the lack of medical equipment, infrastructure, specialists in oncology , economic resources, public policies and adequate information complicated the fight against cancer, one of the most feared diseases and living the most in Bolivia. They are self-regulated. In any article on eju.tv, anyone can report to Facebook the comment that is unpleasant by checking it in the menu on the right.
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