José died in the long wait of a treatment for hepatitis "C"

José Rene Alcantar Serrano died at the age of 40 years ago less than a year, I have been waiting a long time in Mexicali for treatment that cures hepatitis C ", he had to travel to Guadalajara to get it, but it was too

José died on November 9, 2017, while he was an addict, he was infected with l & # 39; 39; use of a contaminated syringe 16 years ago, then it was rehabilitated but the disease remained.

It took seven years to detect it He carried the virus' hepatitis' C '(HCV), because of this condition he developed cirrhosis, unleashing his death due to a cirrhosis of the liver, as indicated by his sister.

Miriam Guzmán did not have the "C" hepatitis virus (HCV), but the death of his brother for this disease, was the reason for the protest this Saturday morning demanding the access to treatment for all infected persons.

"He was fighting for a long time I hoped that I was going to really heal, I came here to do something to Mexicali and not to die anymore," he says in a stifled voice by the feeling.

"The treatment of three months was never given to him.When we arrived in Guadalajara, the doctor told us," I do not know why you came here, if this treatment could be given to you in the 39, social insurance, otherwise, they should ask, "my brother arrived very advanced because in Mexicali, they did not give him the treatment"

Mr. José died while hundreds of people were waiting for treatment to cure the disease in three months permanently, although it is available for public health agencies, infected people waiting, claim that through bureaucratic procedures, drugs in the state .