The Oncology Traffic Light launched the survey “Cancer Does Not Wait 2024″ to learn about the progress or setbacks in access to diagnosis, treatment and medicine throughout the country. The virtual survey seeks to collect information on care in the province, the delay times to confirm a diagnosis or start treatment and the expense of facing the disease.
LOOK AT THIS: Huancayo: AH Justice, Peace and Life blocks roads due to halt of paving work (VIDEO)
According to figures from the Global Cancer Observatory (Globocan), in Peru a person dies from this disease every 15 minutes. “After all this time, only 50% of the provisions of the regulations of the National Cancer Law have been complied with, due in part to modifications that the law underwent and that delayed its implementation. It is important that the executive branch takes this issue as a priority. We are waiting for the second version of the regulations and it is urgent to finish its execution,” said Indyra Oropeza, representative of the Oncology Traffic Light and president of Con L de Leucemia.
The results of the virtual survey will be useful for working groups with the entities responsible for enforcing and monitoring the law. If you are a patient, survivor, family member or caregiver, you can complete the survey at this link: https://forms.gle/ikyFpqFG3R2ogcdt8 or through the Oncology Traffic Light website.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU: Huancayo: More than 5,000 apply to fill vacancies in 38 professional careers at UNCP
Likewise, the Oncology Traffic Light expresses its concern about the lawsuit filed by the Peruvian Association of Health Providers (APEPS) against the Ministry of Health, which requests the elimination of article 7.2 of the regulations of the law that requires private insurance companies to include cutting-edge treatments, recognized in international guidelines, in all comprehensive oncology policies, without prejudice to the condition of the clinical study.
