Counterfeiting and Drug Shortages: the Reality of Cancer Patients in Veracruz

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In Jalapa, Veracruz, the shortage of drugs for cancer is not an exclusive problem of children; adults also face the serious consequences of this shortage. Currently, three essential drugs are not available at the State Cancer Center of the IMSS Well-being. This situation prevents patients like Josefina from receiving their chemotherapy and who travels five hours to the hospital, was forced to return home without their treatment. Waste of oncolog…

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The delegate of the IMSS-Benestar in Tabasco, Manuel Adalberto Pérez Lanz, reported that there is a 65 per cent supply of medicines and healing material. The official of the federal agency explained that this week they would be receiving trailers with keys and supplies for hospitals, so it is estimated that 80 per cent coverage will be reached. However, Pérez Lanz acknowledged that a 100 per cent supply is complicated because the warehouses are …

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Valentin Herrera Alarcón, secretary of Health, confirmed that the government of Veracruz bought oncological medicines with its own resources, because the IMSS-Benestar still does not conclude the consolidated purchase, but there is eighty percent of medicine in existence. Herrera Alarcón, also said that the shortage in oncological medicines is registered not only in Veracruz, but in the country and in many parts of the world. He added that “they…