The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), reported that its right holders will have a new preventive model of diabetes from the first quarter of 2017, this after issuing a health emergency for the number of Mexicans suffering from the disease.
"The growth of diabetes already exceeded us, the wave already ran over us, it already stirred us, we lost time in this transition from the curative to the preventive and now after the health emergency that yesterday the Decree the Secretary of Health, the IMSS goes toGenerate or continue a very focused prevention strategy, "said Mikel Arriola, director of the IMSS.
Of the 11 million diabetics in the country, 3.5 is attended to Social Security;Most are older adults and suffer from type 2 diabetes. In 2015 diabetes in the IMSS generated 21 thousand deaths.
"Today diabetes costs us 42 billion pesos plus 8 thousand 100 of hemodialysis, in the system, if we do nothing and let this continue to grow, if we let people continue to reach the IMSS when they feel bad, because we are going toPay in 2050, 344 billion pesos, "said Arriola.
In the new diabetes prevention model in the IMSS it is contemplated to strengthen the prenatal surveillance scheme.In the nurseries where 205 thousand children are served, continue with saturated fat diets, refined sugars and sodium;Increase by more than 6.6 million high school students to the diabetes prevention program.
From 2012 to 2015 with the PrevenimsS program, more diabetic people have been detected and have controlled in time.
"Another clinical element that serves a lot to control diabetes is the supply of medicines, IMSS has 99% medication supply," said IMSS president Mikel Arriola.
The Social Security authorities summoned the population to go to the Preveims Modules, there are about 3 million Mexicans who have diabetes and do not know, have not been diagnosed.
