MEETING OF THE AGL ASSOCIATION WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF OURENSE / SPAIN - Pediatric and Primary Lymphedema - Secondary Lymphedema - Lipedema - Chronic Venous Insufficiency – Patient Association

The Galician Association of Lymphoedema, Lipedema and Chronic Venous Insufficiency met on October 4 with the Councillor of the area of Demographic Challenge, Equality and Social Policies, for the Province of Ourense, to transmit the projects that have been carried out in recent years. The result was very positive and we hope to count on her collaboration in future projects.

Present on behalf of the County Council of of Ourense was the Deputy Councillor Mrs. Luz Doporto Real, and on behalf of AGL its president Juan Manuel Lameiro and María Araujo Rey, Social Worker of the AGL Association. 

The AGL Association launched a subsidised treatment programme for people suffering from Lymphoedema and Lipedema. The programme consists of access to subsidised maintenance treatment of manual lymphatic drainage. This treatment must always be carried out by specialised physiotherapists, and the AGL Association has specialists in the four Galician provinces, and Ourense being one of the provinces where this service is present.

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