Wednesday, April 7, 2010

40.3 millions (41%) of Mexicans with NO access to health services!!





Aproximmately 25.4 millions- none access to service, 18 millions with access to basic supplies-no health services

This numbers appeared in the newspaper EL Universal, they mean that 25.4 millions aproxy. don't have access to social securities(insurances) of IMSS, ISSTE, PEMEX or NAVY. These 25 millions are also people with scarcity in many basic needs (food, water, clothes...) Then, the 18 millions are people that have access and can have basic needs (basic food, supplies to live) but do not have access to health services (insurances, SS's) from public institutions.

I noticed, that only 2% from the restant pppulation with access to health services; had access to private health services. These numbers are annoying and to care about them because they show us the situation in the health matters, but it ressembles so much the situation and numbers of extreme poverty and people with lack of supplies. Which means that all these, health, food and poverty are linked; and obviously, people with more scarcity than others; have less access to many services.


We have to worry about numbers, and we must help the government to make laws or reforms to our services. Not even the quantity of people with services is bad, also the quality of the health services, for example, is not so well. It must be done, that everybody have access to health services, at least basic one; may be putting a general popular insurance. That the government help everybody, even if he is not in an institution or association. It is expensive, but we need to make a change in this matters. Health, Food and Supplies need that the economy raises and that jobs are produced so people can access, and that the government can make changes (with $$) to improve the Public health services; making them free and for all, if possible...


This is urgent because the demand of health and food services is increasing, but our supplies/services are not increasing; they are not enough and not so well for our people.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are you sure about these figures? You say 25.4 million people, which represents 41% of the population? Should 41% not be a higher number, like 45 million?

Do you have a source link?