Missing drugs for more than 55,000 people with cancer in Venezuela

In Venezuela, more than 55,000 cancer patients are untreated due to lack of drugs, according to the NGO Codevida, an alliance of organizations dedicated to the defense and right to health of Venezuelans. 55,000 people with cancer do not have anticancer drugs and people with end-stage cancer do not have any palliative drugs, they die of pain and this is unworthy, "said the president of Codevida

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"Mr. Minister (Health, Carlos Alvarado González), Mr. President (of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro), the President of the Republic, you are responsible for the health of Venezuelans," he said.

According to Francisco Valencia, dialysis units "overlap" for patients with kidney failure.

"There is no equipment for dialysis Every day, people are dying Every day, there are fewer dialysis machines This year, 11 people died and there are more than 90 rejects, "he said.