Several affected reported that hospitals not attend them to PIP prosthesis
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...
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