“The idea is to open 80 clinics across the country for diabetic foot care this year. We have already started in (the states of) Chiapas and Guerrero. We currently have 12 clinics operating and we will continue expanding,” said Alejandro Svarch, director of IMSS-Bienestar (the Mexican Social Security Institute’s Welfare Program).   

During the regular meeting between President Claudia Sheinbaum and journalists, the official stated that the product is primarily used for advanced ulcers and allows for saving the affected limb.

He described it as highly innovative that this technology can be applied at the primary care level, thus avoiding not only amputation but also the need for hospital transfers.

According to official data, 75 Mexicans have a leg or foot amputated every day due to illnesses such as diabetes.

Svarch highlighted the development of Cuba’s biotechnology industry, which allowed it to create its own vaccines against the Covid-19 pandemic, and remembered that one of them was authorized in this Latin American country.

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