The Popular Party «Regrets that the Council refuse to push an Island Plan against Diabetes». The counselor Águeda Fumero explains: “This proposal was approved by all the groups in the collegiate bodies and then endorsed as an institutional motion.” However, he points out, “the island government does not accept our amendment to make it a reality this year.”
Fumero delves into the idea: «The problem of early detection of diabetes It has been a concern of the Popular Party, whose Health Commission has held meetings with representatives of the Tenerife Association. Águeda Fumero has been “surprised” and values that “15.6% of the Canarian population suffers from this disease, with serious consequences.”
The counselor clarifies that “this amendment supposes dedicate 150,000 euros to promoting this Plan, aimed at addressing the reality of these people, as well as contributing to provide solutions. Canary Islands It is the red lantern of Spain in the early detection of this disease, a delay that “causes other pathologies associated with diabetes to worsen.”
In fact, explains Fumero, “this initiative arises from work meetings with representatives of the associations in Tenerife and the Canary Islands, promoted by the Insular Health Commission, chaired by Belén Balfagón, with the objective of getting closer to the daily reality of the sick, and thus be able to propose initiatives that, implemented by the administrations, improve their quality of life ”.
Fumero states that «the objective that we pursued from the Popular Party when presenting this amendment was that the Cabildo would enable the necessary tools to advise, inform and carry out the development of actions that allow the full integration of boys and girls who suffer diabetes in educational centers ». It would be a way, he concludes, to “be able to work on prevention, reduce childhood obesity (which shows very worrying figures on the Island), as well as make an early diagnosis of people suffering from this disease.”
