Dr. Sonia Gaztambide happens to Dr. Manuel Aguilar at the head of thirst and among her objectives, she is committed to persuading the patient to improve the monitoring and control of the treatment, since the chronicity of the disease forces the person whosuffers and "reduce the duration of periods in which control does not offer optimal results"
Málgaa (26-4-11) .- The Endocrinology Specialist at the Vizcaya Cruces Hospital, Dr. Sonia Gaztambide, has happened to Dr. Manuel Aguilar in the presidency of the Spanish Diabetes Society (SED).The change has been formalized in the XXII Congress of this organization held in Malaga a few days ago.
Aguilar, a specialist at Puerta del Mar de Cádiz hospital, leaves the position after exercising it for three years.Gaztambide stands out from his predecessor that he has been able to incorporate the Nursing Educator in Diabetes into thirst, as well as the reinforcement of relations with primary care.For his part, the outgoing president stood out during the inauguration of the Congress that the entity had doubled its partners during their mandate.
The new person in charge of the thirst had been appointed as elected president a year ago, although she has not taken possession so far.This formula, scheduled in the statutes of the organization, facilitates the knowledge of society before taking the reins of a "very multidisciplinary" group with about 1,600 members specialized in endocrinology, psychologists, chemicals and family, among others.
Gaztambide does not consider "advisable" that mandates can be dazzled and points out that when some president has raised his re -election "he has not gone well."
Among the challenges of the new person responsible for thirst are how to guide the relationship with the patients diabetcos after the dissolution of the Spanish Diabetes Federation, which grouped doctors, nurses and patients.Bet to persuade the patient to improve the monitoring and control of the treatment, since the chronicity of the disease forces us to have the person who suffers it and "reduce the duration of periods in which control does not offer the optimal results".
Among the various work groups of the Diabetes Society are those focused on unifying medical language among different specialties when indicating a treatment or discharging, stem cell research, the team that studies diabetes during thepregnancy or glucose sensors, "which will approach what an artificial pancreas would be for part of insulin -dependent people."
Gaztambide puts good note to the Spanish health system in relation to diabetes compared to other European countries, "although something else should be bet on research."