Susana Bonanata feels bad. She just received her medication After 14 days of having his cancer treatment paralyzed, and discontinuing the drugs brought on discomforts that he had overcome. The worst thing will be handling her anguish. Because the remedies arrived after the presentation of a judicial protection, which he processed so that the Provincial Medical Insurance Institute (Ipross) could deliver them to him. But those pills won’t last forever. «And next month? Will I have to go back to court to have them given to me again? she asked herself, embarrassed.
As an occupational doctor, she knows what she is talking about when she says that «A treatment like this is not treatment. Without continuity it is useless. Furthermore, he experiences it firsthand. Because none of the activities that he tries to maintain, at 72 years old, resist the torture of his chronic myeloid leukemia, which passes the bill.
«I have two daughters, two granddaughters and I work at the Cipolletti Medical Foundation. I put everything in it, but “This cancer would hurt less if Ipross complied and ensured coverage.” she said, distressed.
Hoy integrates the group of family members and patients of this social work (which is what all those who work for the Rio Negro State receive). With them decided to make public the delays and non-compliance suffered, both in the delivery of medicines and supplies. These delays are up to 8 months, and put the continuity of their therapies, and even their lives, at risk.
«Oncological medication is essential. But there are many other breaches and failures in coverage. For example, the percentages they are responsible for. There are remedies that cover only 8.5%, and they are pain relievers that as a chronic patient you have to take. to relieve discomfort,” he explained.
It is worth remembering that days ago Ipross admitted the shortcomings it has with its benefits. He acknowledged that “most of the shortages arise due to infrequent medication, which must be processed through an individual file. AND the institute has difficulty obtaining quotes, which generates delays in deliveries by drugstores, which eventually they may not have it in stock».
Meanwhile Complaints of non-compliance are increasing. «Today those members who can are judicializing their claims, or making them public, to see if there is a reaction. But it is unsustainable to behave like this. Having decent coverage is a right» the woman finished, embarrassed.