This number only corresponds to people who were diagnosed with the disease and who are part of the 1800 members of the Association of Persons with Diabetes, which only has interference in the capital of Santa Cruz.They estimate that the figures in the city are greater, since many of the diabetics are not partners or appear in this registry.
The Association of People with Diabetes (ASPEDI), whose facilities are located in José Ingenieros 42, provides information, containment and accompaniment to those who were diagnosed with diabetes, their environment and the rest of the community.All actions carried out by this association tend to improve the quality of life of the community.
It is important to note that Aspedi began its annual activities in the first days of February.As in previous years, in 2018, it will have the care service of a diabetologist and podiatry doctor.This was reported to Tiezur, Elida Rajruj, president of the Association, who also remarked that in the case of requiring medical care, the shifts can be requested through 422607. “At the moment we do not have the care of the nutritionist and neither with theProfessor to perform physical activity.We know that it will not be easy to have new professionals but we are waiting.The situation in the province is complicated and we suffer the impact of it, ”he said.
The schedule of attention is from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
new partners
Those interested in associating with Aspedi must attend the facilities that are located in the vicinity of the Santa Cruz Cultural Complex.“They must only carry the document and pay a monthly fee of $ 50.In this way, they can access all the services we provide and buy the reactive strips and other supplies to better than in pharmacies, since we have special discounts.We have a series of benefits that will surely be increasing during the year.It seems important to comment that all people who wish, have or not social work, ”he said.
On the other hand, he stressed that people with obesity or some risk factor that may lead to diabetes can also be added."Most of the partners we have are diabetic and have different ages," he said.
records
With regard to the number of partners they currently have, Rajruj said that it is approximately 1800, of which about 1500 are diabetics.“We are talking about almost 13 percent of the population of the capital of Santa Cruz.In the northern provinces, the average is 10 percent, but in our case it is greater due to sedentary and food.The weather is a determining factor too.The number of cases of diabetes in Patagonia is greater than in the rest of the country.It is important to emphasize that those 1500 are the cases we have registered in the association but we estimate that there must be more that are not our partners, ”he explained.
Finally, the head of Aspedi insisted that the data correspond only to the city of Río Gallegos, since the association has no interference in other parts of the province of Santa Cruz."If someone from the other localities of the interior is interested and wishes to access our services, you can do it," he concluded.