Río Grande celebrates the first birth by assisted fertilization
On August 17, Samuel came to illuminate the life of Walter and Karen Di Marco, a young couple who could not have children. Samuel was born at 10 in the morning, weighing 3,300 kg, and 55 cm came to life thanks to the new National law on assisted fertilization.
Celeste Sánchez, a reference for the Civil and Social Association for Infertility and Life called “Sumate Tierra del Fuego”, commented to this medium how happy she felt to see the result of 7 years of work in relation to this problem, and that “Thanks to that work, Samuel has come to illuminate the life of the Di Marco family”.
Walter and Karen Di marco, could not have children, so after a long journey, they met the association ‘sumate Tierra del Fuego’, and thanks to the support of this organization, they achieved their long-awaited dream, the arrival of Samuel to their lives.
The organization’s job “is to advise couples or people who need assisted fertilization treatment, how they should handle themselves in Tierra del Fuego, with respect to the rest of the country, – explained Sánchez, – in Tierra del Fuego we do not have specialists or infrastructure for the issue, then we guide people on how to proceed, according to the social work they have or if they do not have it, in both cases what they must do to access treatment. “
The organization’s reference explained that there are many obstacles to being able to carry out a treatment of these characteristics, firstly because of the high costs, which in many cases are inaccessible. However, the biggest problem is another, Sánchez explained that “an obstacle is that the social or prepaid works do not want to access to provide comprehensive coverage or that in many cases they want to negotiate” covering only a percentage of the expenses, in some cases only the 30 or 40%, when the law provides that the coverage is 100%.
Sánchez explained that national law 26,862, in force since 2012, establishes “total coverage in assisted fertilization treatments, but that many of the social or prepaid works, in the face of ignorance of the law, offer very low percentages to their affiliates” , critical.
“The problem we have in the province is that Tierra del Fuego is not adhered to this national law, for this, we need to collect 5,000 signatures,” she said hopefully.
Finally, he invited “all the neighbors who wish to collaborate, they can come to sign, or call us and we will go”, he left a Facebook page, ‘join Tierra del Fuego’ or to cell phones 011- 1521577818 -Celeste Sánchez- or 02964- 15534123 -Sabrina Bahamondez-
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