With the purpose of dealing with one of the main causes of death in our country, such as breast cancerthe Mayor of Tlalpan, Alfa González Magallanes, signed a collaboration agreement with the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Salvador Zubirán.
We are working so that low and very low income women in the demarcation have the opportunity to have a mammography in a timely manner, an adequate medical intervention, and free in case of not being eligible; and in cases where a follow-up is needed, the agreement that we signed today includes that accompaniment an adequate medical intervention, and free in case of not being entitled, said González Magallanes.
From the first moment we had contact with the Institute, there has been a willingness to provide medical care, not only to those who live in Tlalpan, but throughout Mexico City, he concluded.
In turn, Dr. David Kershenobich, director of the INSZ, said that: “the Institute is a highly specialized one, and that is why it is a challenge to be able to combine highly specialized medicine with preventive medicine, the approach of doing preventive medicine, It will have a high impact on the problems that can be detected.”
We spend a lot of time here, we serve many people, a large part of them are Tlalpenses, for that reason, we also feel Tlalpenses at heart, he added.
The breast cancer It considerably affects women, the economy, the well-being of families, the health system, and society as a whole. During the year 2019, more than 15 thousand 286 new cases of breast cancer were registered, in the population aged 20 and over.
And in 2020, at least 7,879 women died from the breast cancer; 60% were between 40 and 60 years of age or older.
Present at the signing of the agreement were the General Director of Social Development, Natalia Codina, the Director of Health, Alberto Caballero, the Deputy Director of Health Care, Karla Meza, and Dr. Mónica Chapa, Head of Cardiology at the Institute.
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