Within the framework of a commission meeting, and with the presence of members of an NGO, progress was made in the Senate with the treatment of the project to change the current rule.
The Health and Sports Commission of the Upper House, chaired by José Cano (UCR-Tucumán), discussed an initiative that establishes a modification to the current Law on the Protection of Diabetics.The meeting was attended by representatives of the NGO united by diabetes, who especially requested for the coverage of inputs, according to technological advances, an awareness campaign and the detection of early diagnoses with the due accompaniment and guarantee of the State in terms of access to access tohealth
The Tucumano senator promised to advance in the issuance of the opinion and assured that in Thursday's session he will ask for a preference motion so that the bill is treated in the next meeting of the Plenary.“The right to health is a constitutional right and the issue must be installed in the political agenda.Where there is a need for this magnitude, there can be no valid economic argument against, ”Cano determined in clear allusion to the complaints of those present about the destroy of social works and prepaid.
One of the representatives of the NGO, Antonella Calabró, explained that a diabetic has a monthly expense of 13,500 pesos in supplies which are not entirely provided.“We need the State to guarantee us a permanent review of resources, that diabetes is disseminated with its symptoms and signs and avoid serious errors in diagnoses.We do not ask for a subsidy, but quite the opposite, that treatments are provided dignified, ”he concluded.