The Medical College of the area proposes to declare an oncological health emergency due to the alarming numbers of cancer deaths. In addition, scarcity of resources and professional personnel as critical elements in the health crisis.

The Antofagasta region faces a harsh reality with almost 135 deaths from cancer per 100,000 inhabitants, placing it as the area with the highest mortality rate in Chile.

Faced with this worrying situation,, the Medical Association of the area proposes to declare an oncological health emergency, highlighting the scarcity of resources and professional personnel as critical elements in the health crisis.

The high mortality rate is mainly concentrated in cancers of:

• Windpipe.
• Bronchi.
• Lung.

Although there are no specific reasons identified, Experts point to historical exposure to arsenic in water as a possible cause.

The PUC professor, Catterina Ferreccio, warns that the consequences could affect at least two generations. Other regions such as Aysén and Magallanes are also among those with the highest cancer mortality rates. In the face of this serious environmental pollution, Emphasis on the urgency of resources, infrastructure and prevention campaigns to address this problem that claims the lives of more than 28,000 people annually in Chile.

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