Support problems prevent the delivery of cancer medicines: Sheinbaum
Alma E. Muñoz and Arturo Sanchez
La Jornada newspaper
Saturday, August 2, 2025, p. 11
In response to the call to a national march on August 10, in demand for oncological medicines, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that practically all those drugs have been acquired, there are only a lack of like three
due to supply problems and not for issues related to the purchase or tender.
He assured that where there is no, All necessary measures are being taken
but also, he said, It has to do mainly with the pharmacists who promised to deliver in 15 days
And they didn’t.
In that case, he explained, Immediate measures are taken: if not delivered, talk immediately with the supplier, and if it does not compromise, other suppliers are sought with the same price
.
The president indicated yesterday at her press conference that There is a permanent team for the supply of medicines, and we think that this month will be key to reach all parts of the country
.
Additional Distribution Scheme
He stressed that in general terms 96 percent of medications have been acquired
and it is about to start An additional distribution scheme that will work in order to reach the last municipality furthest from the country, and where there are oncological treatments, which all medicines arrive
.
He also stressed that the Secretary of Health, David Kershenobich, determined to have a special inventory of cancer medicines from reservations, so that If missing in a state, it can be sent immediately
.
The president insisted that in most states there is an supply of oncological medicines.
