MEETING OF THE LYMPHEDEMA, LIPEDEMA, CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY AND OTHER PERIPHERAL VASCULAR PATHOLOGIES ASSOCIATION (AGL) WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF GALICIA / SERGAS - GALICIAN HEALTH SERVICE / SPANISH LYMPHEDEMA AND LIPEDEMA ASSOCIATIONS

The Galician Association of Lymphedema, Lipedema, Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Other Peripheral Vascular Pathologies (AGL) held a telematic meeting this month with the management of SERGAS (Galician Health Service) in order to transmit the necessary improvements in the Galician public health system in favor of people who live and suffer these pathologies.

These are the needs and requirements passed on by AGL to the Management of the Galician Health Service – SERGAS:

• The need for a reference center or multidisciplinary units in the principal hospital areas for lymphedema and lipedema. At present, patients with lymphedema and lipedema have to travel outside Galicia to undergo surgery. Specialized Units would have professionals who would carry out the interventions within our community, avoiding the need of having to travel to other Spanish autonomous regions to which patients at present are still forced to do.

• The need for training and retraining programs for physiotherapy professionals specializing in lymphedema and lipedema in the public health service.

• The need for provision of lymphedema and lipedema information to primary care professionals for early diagnosis.

• The need for the inclusion of compression garments for lipedema in the Spanish National Orthopedic Catalog.

• The need for a standardized Protocol for Lymphedema and Lipedema in all hospital areas.

According to data from the Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, it is estimated that more than 900,000 people in Spain suffer from lymphedema, and in Galicia about 50,000. More recent data double these numbers. Read here more information on the incidence of Lymphedema in Spain, Europe and at Global Level.

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CAMPAIGN 

For global awareness, it is being asked that the 

WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 

name: 

"LYMPHEDEMA - AWARENESS & CURES"

as the World Health Day campaign 

  

  KATHY BATES

LYMPHEDEMA AMBASSADOR

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