The Geerez Association condemned the removal of women with long waiting lists for those who face in Cádiz province to undergo a breast rebuilding
Some patients face up to 1000 days from waiting so that they can go through the process that is carried out only throughout the province at Puerta del Mar Hospital
It is a complex intervention that would leave a natural result more than other reconstruction type
The Women’s Association in Khairaz (either) He publicly denounced Long waiting lists faced in Cádiz Province To submit Breast rebuilding using a DIEP mark. It is a type of intervention, in Cádiz province, it is only implemented in Puerta del Mar de la Capital Hospital.
There are conditions that The origins of transitional workers wereAs a result of the waiting lists that had already existed for more than ten years for these operations: “Then we managed to bear A proposal is not a law for the Andalusian ParliamentUnanimously approved, and that obtained this intervention for Ensure 180 days responseAnd he says Maria Jose Lopez, president of the association.
Now they owe it After that, they returned to the starting point: “We had to dust the banners,” and for women to return to waiting. “Diep Flap is a process where They take away from the abdomen and rebuild your breastsAbout 12 or 13 hours are needed in the operating room, it is very complicated, but it is at least not condemning you to artificial communications. ”Thanks to the association, this was achieved In the waiting catalog for 180 days At most.
1000 days of waiting
“There are women in our association already They were waiting for a thousand daysThe president says he focuses in particular on the president Its importance Even women who need it This difficult chapter can be closed: “We are fighting because all breast rebuilding operations are present in the final dates that give us the system.”
From the association they understand this There are other types of the most simple breast rebuildingBut they consider that they have the right to be able to undergo a DIEP flap for being more natural. “This is not an aesthetic process, it is another process of breast cancer,” Insist.
A more complex process, “presented in plastic surgery and expression, but there is only one specialist throughout the Cádiz Province”, which leads to lists with Up to four years of waiting.
The Ministry of Health response
From the Ministry of Health at Junta de Andalucía They wanted to clarify that although they had an order (on October 28, 2016), which determines the maximum response period of 180 days, You have to understand that it cannot be unique final datesOnce each clinical condition requires specific clinical times and The indicator depends on the team of professionals Who treats every patient.
They confirm that the more you can, and it is indicated, Immediate reconstruction is offered. However, they insist on that There are many clinical situations, such as the need for radiotherapyThis process and power of postponed reconstruction can be held.
Remember that they realize that lBreast reconstruction is a very important part of the process of caring for breast cancerFor its impact on the quality of their lives, especially on the emotional psychological aspect and guarantee that SAS is sensitive to the requirements of these women, When it works Increase the number of professionals who do these interventions In some provinces, such as cádiz, where There is a lack of specialists in plastic surgery and expression.
