Thalidomide is a real black dot on the path of Spain and Europe during the 20th century. This medication prescribed to pregnant women to alleviate nausea and discomfort during pregnancy, it caused malformations very serious about three thousand affected in our country and led to the birth of about twenty thousand children with malformations in whole Europe.
The good news is that the Spanish Government is preparing a Royal Decree to compensate 24 affected by medication. Affected such were afflicted phocomelia, a congenital abnormality characterized by a significant reduction in the length of arms and legs.
the presence of Thalidomide is also associated with neuropathy peripheral;This disease causes in those who suffer a muscle weakness so intense that, often, only can move with a wheel chair
to receive aid, those affected must undergo a series of tests in the Instituto de Salud Carlos III; the rules will be adopted in the coming weeks and ensures the receipt of aid from thirty thousand to one hundred thousand euros, depending on the level of disability of the applicant.
But the idea is not to stay only in compensation, the Thalidomide victims Association (AVITE) wants to get also pensions for victims, as the other countries of the European Union (EU), are as well as medical units of reference for your attention and total coverage of the cost of prostheses.
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