With the vote of 130 deputies, the plenary session of Congress approved this Thursday, March 7, as a matter of national urgency, the Law for Comprehensive Cancer Care, which was developed from the integration of four working groups and which was promoted at the time by several deputies, including the late parliamentarian Lucrecia Hernández Mack, who lost the battle once morest the disease last year.
The plenary session was full of nostalgia for deputies who remembered Hernández Mack, while other parliamentarians won the battle once morest the disease, such as Gladys Cifuentes, from the Vamos bloc.
The regulations establish a regulatory framework to promote prevention, risk factors, early detection, treatment and rehabilitation of cancer patients, through a comprehensive model.
In addition, it regulates that a specialized hospital must be created to treat cancer cases, which must have a radiotherapy unit, in addition to performing coordination functions with health services, promoting research with areas related to cancer and providing actions. of counseling, education, prevention and recovery from the disease.
The regulations also create the Social Protection Program for People with Cancer, which will be run by the Ministry of Social Development and supported by the Ministry of Health.
This program must provide “economic and psychological support” as well as logistics, food and transportation for cancer patients, caregivers and their families.
To implement the law, the Ministry of Finance must transfer an initial contribution of Q600 million to the Ministry of Health for the “creation of capacities”, as well as training of specialized human resources, added to research tasks and strengthening of the national network. of oncological services and equipment.
Support for firefighters
In addition, with 94 votes, the parliamentarians approved the annual allocation of Q70 million for the National Association of Departmental Municipal Firefighters; However, the independent deputies elected by Semilla indicated that they had doubts regarding the destination of some approved funds.
“Seed Out!” the blocks shouted at the independent parliamentarians, following one of their members asked for a quorum review when the vote for the annual budget allocation for the Departmental Municipal Firefighters would begin.
“Historical news for our Firefighters! In the recent session, the Guatemalan Congress unanimously approved Law Decree 5516, guaranteeing the annual budget allocation for ASONBOMD. “A fundamental support to strengthen our firefighters!” wrote the first responders on their X account.
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