“We saw with great concern the issue of diseases that generate a high financial impact on families, and that the parents of these children not only lose their jobs because they have to care for them, but also do not get the adequate resources to be able to provide them with treatment. due to technical, administrative or financial difficulties”, pointed out Alma Rosa Marroquín.
He commented that in Mexico there is a free health system that covers only basic illnesses, but it is also required to treat catastrophic illnesses, which were previously covered by Seguro Popular through the Fund for protection against catastrophic expenses, but when this disappeared, a vacuum was created very important.
That is why the Secretary of Nuevo León has sought to promote schemes that deal with childhood cancer, as well as other ailments of minors.
On the other hand, Fernando Castilleja talked to Juana Ramírez about predictive medicine through data analysis, because just as in the cell phone sometimes suggestions of products that we could buy appear, in the same way, some genetic, environmental data, patterns of behavior and habits could help predict a disease or help in some treatments.
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