Blog 2. Health problems in Chile.


 Hello dear reader.

I would like to tell you about my experience health problems in Chile.

One of the most frequent diseases in our country is diabetes with a prevalence of 2% of the population; this means that today 1 in 10 chilean men and women suffer from this disease.

My father suffers from diabetes melitus and the disease is in an advanced stage, deteriorating his sight, hearing and blood circulation in his legs, which makes it difficult for him to walk.
My father is a retired teacher and at the time he was in the private health system, Isapre, when he retired he moved to the public health system Fonasa.
This year my parents have come to live with me to be more supported and I have been able to experience that the public health system does not cover all the need of the patient, some of the medical consultations we have had to do them privately because in the public system sometimes there is much delay, the office only provides us with some of the medicines that he ingests others must buy them privately.
I would like to comment on some of the most evident problems in our public health system:
- Over demand of health facilities.
- Insufficient infrastructure and hospital beds.
- Shortage of medicines.
- Insufficient attention time, which is a threat to health.
I hope that this will change in the future and that governmental actions towards the health system will be more efficient.

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