Luis Seijo, director of the Pneumology Department of the University of Navarra Clinic and co -director of the Cassandra Project.
He Cassandra Projectinitiative carried out by the Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (Separ) to boost the first sieve of lung cancer in Spain, it has already recruited More than 400 patients And it is expected that, soon, hospitals of Sneaky y Rioja are integrated. On the other hand, project coordinators are observing that, while some hospitals already carry one or two years with Cassandraothers have not yet been integrated, a fact that could cause some inequality. In addition, the fact that the deadlines with some communities are eternalized, do not help advance in the project, so the coordinators are assessing to put a deadline to The incorporation of new hospitals.
This is the conclusion that has reached LUIS SOUNDdirector of the Department of Pneumology of the University of Navarra Clinic and co -director of the Cassandra project, which explains in Medical writing Why this point has been reached: “There are times when one must advance with what he has, since some communities with Andalusia They have been wanting to enter for some time, but there are many procedures bureaucratic, contract y processes that make it difficult keep moving forward”.
| “You don’t want to lose more energies in correcting the number of logistics problems” |
Because of this, the pneumologist values mark a deadline to “know exactly What centers are inside the screening and not lose more energies in trying to correct the number of logistics problems that emerge in some centers that are terminated or removed. ”This situation is being lived with the Andalusia Health Counselingin which despite reaching an agreement for the participation of its hospitals, the specialist reveals that “each center is a world and problems arise Logisticsof hardware y bureaucraticso the process ends eternalizing over the years. No one is made to anyone, but it is necessary to advance. ”
Cantabria and La Rioja, in expectation
Despite the lethargy that the Andalusian hospitals are suffering to integrate into the project, others such as the Santander Valdecilla Hospital He has recently shown his interest to adhere to Cassandra. As the pneumologist stands out, “his integration has to be imminent and the only problem was to consolidate artificial intelligence when sending images that was corrected and is already ready.”
This vision contrasts with what is offered from your own Ministry of Health of Cantabria, since they affirm that “as long as there is no favorable assessment by the Ministry of Health about the lung cancer screeningautonomy will not participate in Cassandra. ”
Another of the centers and community that is interested in taking the step and integrating into the project is Rioja through Logroño University Hospital. The neumologist is convinced that this center “will also be incorporated soon, since it has also been discussed with the Ministry of Health And you are on the right track to get it. ”
| “It seems that it returns to the exit box with the incorporation of the Andalusian hospitals” |
Two of the communities that had made the most progress to date, but at the moment their entry to Cassandra has been frozen, is Andalusia and the Valencian Community. He defended that in the Valencian territory the main reason “is a more logistics issue, while, in Andalusia, after signing an agreement with the Ministry, we are now told that we must renew it and modify the format. It seems that it returns to the exit box in this sense.”
Health still does not create the promised work group
With regard to the working group that the Ministry of Health promised to perform to assess the screening of lung cancer in Spain, the specialist recounts that, for the moment, still without having been created: “This commitment was made and progress has not been made in the issue. Recently the president of Sep, David de la Rosahe met with the minister Mónica Garcíabut this specific topic was not played. ”
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