“They say there’s no shortage, but there’s nothing available”: patients at the National Cancer Institute

María del Carmen went two months without receiving her treatment at the National Cancer Institute ( ) due to a .

Her brother José explained that from July to August, they received no information about when the medication would arrive.

“She was undergoing chemo—she had eight chemotherapy sessions—but in July they found tumors in her stomach,” he said. Loading…

After that, the doctor prescribed a new treatment including an additional drug; however, the pharmacy did not provide it.

“It’s just not possible; President Claudia Sheinbaum says there’s no medicine shortage in hospitals,” he insisted.

Protests at the InCan

On November 11, patients, relatives, and workers at the InCan blocked traffic on Tlalpan Avenue to denounce the shortage of medicines and supplies within the institu