Culiacán, Sinaloa.- July 15.- Following the end of the COVID-19 health emergency, another health problem is chronic kidney disease, stated José Salvador Aburto, director of the National Transplant Center (Cenatra). At the first meeting of the northwest region on donation and transplantation, held in Culiacán, Sinaloa, he added that a situational diagnosis of this condition by state is necessary, along with a permanent prevention program, strengthening hospital structures and donation and transplant committees to guarantee timely, equitable, and high-quality care, as established by the General Health Law and its regulations.
The meeting, attended by authorities from Sinaloa, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, and Sonora, aimed to strengthen cooperation in this area through the exchange of experiences, the identification of common needs, and the promotion of joint actions.
The forum raised the need to restructure the region's state transplant centers, which perform functions and responsibilities similar to those of Cenatra; primarily, providing oversight, supervision, registration, and coordination of the traceability of processes, from donation to transplant, ensuring certainty in the distribution and allocation of procured organs and tissues.
This will create a state, institutional, and regional coordination system, with networks of donor-generating hospitals, specialized transplant centers, networks of hospital donation coordinators, and surgical teams capable of responding immediately to address these processes in a timely manner.
