AEDEM COCEMFE denounces the impact of the crisis on people with Multiple sclerosis.
AEDEM-COCEMFE denounces the impact of the crisis on people with Multiple sclerosis. 18 December: national day for the Multiple sclerosis. -This chronic disease affects around 46,000 people in Spain. Manifests itself mainly between 20 and 40 years of age, being the leading cause of non-traumatic disability among young adults in Spain -cuts and delays in payments due from public administrations are strangling our associations, becoming unsustainable maintenance of vital services to maintain the quality of life of patients with MS and their families -research in new treatments is a hope for those affected who come in cuts to the research, a brake in the handling of this incurable disease Madrid, December 2012.- La Asociación Española de Esclerosis múltiple (AEDEM-COCEMFE), Member entity of COCEMFE, held the National Multiple Sclerosis day on Tuesday 18 December emphasising the impact of the economic crisis It is causing among the Group of people affected by this chronic neurodegenerative disease and recalling some of its lines of work. This day is very important for the affected 46,000 Multiple Sclerosis who reside in Spain, especially this year in which are living in first person cuts that affect areas such as health, employment and training. Gerardo García Perales, presidente de AEDEM-COCEMFE. in the words of its President, Gerardo GarcÃa Perales, this situation of cuts and suppression of rights and social benefits is causing a setback to the...
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