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With the presence of the Minister of National Defense, Jorge Menéndez, and the President of the Uruguayan Post, Solange Moreira, the launch of the First Week of the Liver has took place on Monday, 23. in Uruguay, which began Monday and continues until Friday, July 27, and the presentation of a commemorative postmark.
In this context, the head of the National Liver Transplant Program, Solange Gerona, said that although there are in the country more transplant patients since 2009, when the military hospital has started working with the Clínicas Hospital and the National Resources Fund, 178 interventions were carried out.
He explained, moreover, that the program receives from all over the country, regardless of the health service to which they belong. "It's something that makes us proud," he added. According to statistics, there is the same number of patients from Montevideo as from the inside, as well as public and private health services, he said
"It is a democratic and equitable program , both from the point of view of donation and the team of funding and technical reference, "he underlined
Gerona reminded the need to raise awareness of this issue and the population. importance of not arriving at the transplantation instance. During these days, the focus will be on prevention and will focus on topics such as hepatitis A and E, obesity, diabetes, alcohol consumption, as well as the autoimmune or metabolic diseases.
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