valencia, 7 mar (EFE).-affected by the mammary prosthesis PIP have denounced that in public hospitals in the Comunitat Valenciana, and by “restrictive order of the Ministry of health”, is denied health care “by the simple fact of being carriers of these implants”.
“We miss as paletted” and “just to wear the prosthesis,” have assured EFE the President and the Vice President of the National Association of affected by PIP (ANAP), Eva Giménez and Lola GarcÃa prostheses respectively.
Meanwhile, sources from the Ministry of Health reported that after arise the alert is enabled a free phone for women who had doubts on PIP implants and was advised to those who desconocieran the origin of the prosthesis and were intercepted at a centre private request appointment with your surgeon.
In case that wasn’t possible contact with the surgeon who operated them, health put at the disposal of the affected three queries reference to inform them and determine in each case patterns to follow.
In addition, health reminded them that surgery for aesthetic purposes “is not covered in the portfolio of services of the national health system” and therefore “the subsidiary responsibility of the implementation corresponds to the clinic and the surgeon that implanted in his day the prosthesis”.
The affected have ensured that it is breach of the agreement reached by the Technical Committee of inspection of the Agency of medicines and health products in which valued the opportunity to establish units of reference addressing women with these prostheses that can not go to private clinics which were introduced in January.
“As of today the affected are are addressing unit of each province breast referral hospitals, but we do not address and have strict orders of health that happen by being affected by the prosthesis, has assured Lola GarcÃa.
According to GarcÃa, on Monday one of the affected was taken to the emergency room of a hospital centre “with fever, a deplorable health and unbearable pain” because one of the prosthesis “broke a year ago during a mammogram and was flipped”.
As pointed out, in the part of emergency pointed as reason to reject their attention at the hospital which was a “medical order” and the diagnosis indicates that it is a “patient with broken prosthesis PIP” and the refers to the primary care physician.
“Was the breast unit and was told that as PIP and by order of health could not do anything”, said Eva Giménez, who added that not performed you “neither ultrasound nor analysis.” “Refusing care”.
Responsible for the Association have denounced that this same case occurred in other Government of the Valencian community hospitals
The affected lawyers are preparing a report, to delivered to the Minister of health and the Minister of health, Ana Mato, Valencia, Luis Rosado, which demand that he has been with those affected to find solutions.
“We can say what we can help”, said Gimenez.
