Patients with HIV and members of Civil Associations to help patients with the disease, demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), on the side of Paseo de la Reforma, demanding supply shortage, lack of evidence to detect HIV and even lack of condoms.
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The person living with HIV if they stop taking their treatment, In a few days it starts to generate resistance to the medicine that I was taking and it begins to generate a replica like the virus in the body, in the blood and that will give rise to opportunistic infections or diseases.
We demand that the Mexican Social Security Institute commit, regulate and act around the severe deficiencies that it presents in most of the IMSS clinics throughout the Mexican Republic and take each case as what it is, human lives, ”said Alaín Pinzón, from the HIVVe Libre Support Group.
After making their complaints public, the protesters blocked Paseo de la Reforma, all lanes both ways.
There are the cases, we have them in folders, it is not possible for IMSS authorities to refuse something that exists, ”insisted Melquin Mejía, of the Mexican Network for People Living with HIV.
With blockage and vandalism, HIV patients require IMSS to attend to drug shortages. (Cuartoscuro)
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IMSS officials went out to talk with the protesters, but indicating that IMSS director Zoé Robledo could not attend them, they sprayed them with paint.
We are willing to see you, to receive them and to attend and to answer each one of the complaints from the medical point of view and of the supply of medicines ”, said Luis Duran, coordinator of IMSS Health Planning.
He is out of town, he instructed us to listen to the people, to give us the requests, we can see the cases one by one to solve them.
With blockage and vandalism, HIV patients require IMSS to attend to drug shortages. (Cuartoscuro)
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I think that this is not how things are fixed, they are fixed trying to improve them, but it is not like that, miss, ”said Gabriela Paredes, IMSS liaison coordinator.
Officials convened a press conference inside the IMSS offices, denied medication shortages.
Today a platform came out that was built to address all issues, ”insisted the IMSS link coordinator.
96.5% of patients have a prescription filled. 70% of that total of patients are using the new one. The new drug that was migrated in the IMSS, the other 30% is under treatment and will migrate on a case-by-case basis, ”said Luis Duran, IMSS Health Planning Coordinator.
With blockage and vandalism, HIV patients require IMSS to attend to drug shortages. (Cuartoscuro)
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At that time, protesters began to vandalize The facade of the Institute.
The press conference was canceled.
Police closed all access to the IMSS building with chains and locks.
With blockage and vandalism, HIV patients require IMSS to attend to drug shortages. (Cuartoscuro)
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Protesters threw paint, stones, sprayed, lowered the IMSS flag, painted it and tried to set it on fire.
They laid earth on top of them as graves and began to march to block Insurgents and Reformation.
With blockage and vandalism, HIV patients require IMSS to attend to drug shortages. (Cuartoscuro)
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They said that if they have no answer by Monday they will come back.
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With information from Elizabeth Mávil
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