Tijuana, BC- Fundación Castro-Limón seeks to expand its facilities with the purpose of having better equipment and infrastructure attached to the regulations of a high specialty hospital, said Diana Delgado Bautista, general director of the association.
They want to expand the space with a new chemotherapy pavilion, three isolated units, and an area for the preparation of mixtures, he announced.
Due to this rehabilitation of the space, only 12 new patients will be treated in the Pediatric Cancer Center, indicated that during 2020 there were four, with an increase in 2021 in assistance to 12 children, and in 2022 with 19.
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Previously, he mentioned, 20 patients were admitted per year, plus the accumulated number of children who continued with treatment, however, after the pandemic, they limited your number of patients, due to the lack of income due to the cancellation of massive events, where they generated part of their income.
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Another factor that limited them from receiving more patients in recent years was the shortage of cancer drugs, which raised their prices to such an extent that a product, of cost 65 pesos, increased its price to 900 pesos, Delgado Bautista asserted.
In 2022, he pointed out, they had support from the municipal government, with a single donation for the foundation and another for the cancer center. For his part, the state, It has supported the organization of benefit games where the Toros de Tijuana and the Águilas de Mexicali teams participate.
Although we are an organized civil association, we work looking for our own funds, however, there are specific projects in which we have become involved and have lowered certain resources from the City Council, the State Government and, at the time, through Sedesol ”, he added.
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Likewise, there are various projects, campaigns, and programs to support the foundation, including the “Adopt a hope” program, which allows anyone give a monthly donation that goes directly to the treatment of a child, he said, there are more than 2,000 godparents who participate in it.