Month: May 2012

a violation of human rights and international agreements in the response to HIV and AIDS. Observatory of human rights of REDVIH before health reform proposed by the Government Spanish. Barcelona, may 2012.- The economic crisis facing the Spanish State is serving as pretext the Government to take measures more ideological nature than health endangering of death to many people with chronic diseases such as HIV. Therefore, the community network on HIV/AIDS of the State Spanish (REDVIH) platform for organizations and activists of civil society working in the response to HIV, through its human rights observatory, opposes health care reform promoted by the Government with the publication of the Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, 20 April, urgent measures to ensure the sustainability of the national health system and improve the quality and safety of its benefits, for the following reasons: 1. Royal Decree Law puts an end to the principle of universality of the Spanish health system, one of the things that Spain was an example. With this reform of the law denies the right to public health (limiting it to emergencies) to foreign nationals not registered as residents, over 26 years who have never contributed and unemployed who have exhausted the subsidy and not credited to find without resources ”. This puts in situations of greater vulnerability to the most vulnerable population sectors of our society as immigrant people, women who...

El Hospital de Torrevieja addressed advances in Pediatric Ophthalmology at an expert seminar. -On Saturday the acts Hall of the Hospital of Torrevieja brought pediatricians, ophthalmologists and professionals interested in the field subject of boarding – during this meeting discussed the role of the pediatrician in Pediatric Ophthalmology, since the detection of Visual problems, assessment of child vision, as well as the time in which physicians should refer to the ophthalmologist Torrevieja, 2012-may services Pediatrics and ophthalmology in the Department of health of Torrevieja, managed by Bank health and Asisa and integrated in the public network of the Generalitat Valenciana, organized a scientific conference on Monday May 5, in the Hall of the Hospital in Torrevieja, which brought together paediatricians, ophthalmologists and professionals interested in the field object approach. During this meeting examined the role of the pediatrician in Pediatric Ophthalmology, since the detection of Visual problems, assessment of child vision as well as the time in which practitioners should derive an ophthalmologist. The day has a multidisciplinary character between ophthalmologists and paediatricians and has been organized in collaboration with the team of professionals of the clinic Oftálica of Alicante, pretending to be in better care of pediatric patients, helping to prevent disorders such as Amblyopia ( lazy eye ”) and other visual disorders of childhood. Issues such as the guidance and therapeutic diagnosis of strabismus, eyelids, and lacrimal...