- Our challenge is to improve the survival of pediatric cancer patients, said the general director of the IMSS, Zoé Robledo.
- We will do everything necessary to care for children with cancer, the IMSS and the government of Baja California will be attentive to their requirements, for the love of children and youth: Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda.
The general director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Maestro Zoé Robledo, and the governor of the state of Baja California, Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, inaugurated the State Reference Center for the Care of Boys and Girls with Cancer ( ONCOCREAN) of the Hospital General Regional (HGR) No. 1 of Tijuana, whose main challenge is to improve the survival of patients.
Zoé Robledo pointed out that with the inauguration of this State Reference Center at HGR No. 1 in Tijuana, the largest within the IMSS will be held with 24 beds and six positions for the application of oncological therapies.
“Our challenge is to improve the survival of patients, that is the situation, that we know that a patient who detects the disease in time has an increase in the chances of survival,” he stressed.
He commented that this State Reference Center will become operational on January 3, 2022, the first Monday of the year, and from then on “the lives of pediatric cancer patients will change.”
He recalled that on September 3, 2020, IMSS authorities met with parents to have a space of trust, since then on Wednesdays sessions are generated to offer them solutions based on listening to them and knowing how they lived the situations for which they pediatric cancer patients pass.
He pointed out that through the Chatbot application, areas of opportunity were found, such as attention in High Specialty Medical Units (UMAE) to bring the quality of care to the entire country, since 80 percent of childhood cancer disease can be resolved in their source entities. From this, it was possible to have the ONCOCREAN, such as the one that was inaugurated in the Regional General Hospital No. 1.
For her part, the governor of Baja California, Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, stressed that coordination with the Government of Mexico is essential to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of the state through the implementation of these care centers. for children with cancer.
“One of the obligations of any government is to guarantee access to health services, decent services, quality services for the entire population, especially for those who are most vulnerable and require the protection of the State,” he said.
He said that there are diseases such as cancer that do not respect age, gender, or social condition, and when they occur they bring profound effects on the lives of families, therefore the work of public institutions of the health sector has a particular relevance to provide specialized care.
Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda recognized the general director of Social Security, Zoé Robledo, for his commitment to guarantee the best care for pediatric cancer patients in the entity. “Our government will do everything necessary to care for the children affected by this disease, the IMSS and the Baja California government will be attentive to their requirements, for the love of our childhood and our youth, because it is our obligation and because it is a moral imperative ”.
In his message, the National Oncology Coordinator, Dr. Enrique López Aguilar recalled that a few years ago children with cancer were cared for in the large reference centers, therefore the inauguration of this ONCOCREAN is very important for minors to be cared for in their birthplace.
He highlighted that with this there are 33 ONCOCREAN and the one that is now located in Baja California is a regional care center, the largest of its kind and with great resolution capacity to address the problems that afflict these girls and boys.
For her part, Dr. Desirée Sagarnaga Durante, Representative of the IMSS in Baja California, highlighted that this ONCOCREAN will provide care to 142 children and adolescents from six municipalities, with around 80 chemotherapies per week and comprehensive care with nutritionists, psychologists and timely offer of hospital beds.
He said that specialized and comprehensive services will also be provided, essential to attend to their emotional state, in a particular and colored place, to help them forget about pain, fear and stress.
He stressed that thanks to an agreement with the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), the little ones will continue their studies through “Let’s keep learning”, so that they do not interrupt their school cycle; They will also have the services of the playroom, in a warm environment to enjoy activities appropriate to their age in the company of their family.
The ONCOCREAN inauguration was attended by Dr. José Adrián Medina Amarillas, Secretary of Health in Baja California; and Luisa Obrador Garrido Cuesta, Head of the Decentralized Bodies Evaluation Unit.
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