Saturday 18 September 2010

Levonorgestrel (LNG)

Levonorgestrel (LNG) or popularly known like " day after pill" is a topic very controlversial today, because is related with concept of life begins and differents view points like the Catolic Church and scientists.
Dr. Valenzuela is a important researcher of our university and tell us about this emergency method to avoid pregnancy. He say us, that LNG, anticontraceptive is better than contraceptive effects, because in the last, avoid the implant in the uterus and is dangerous because can to cause ectopic pregnancy.
Also, not only the problem of LNG are the possible complications, if not the ethical problems that causes it, because The Church believe that this method is abortive, in other words, is murder against a inocent baby, but the problem is: is it a life? when begin the life? The Dr. Valenzuela tell us that the scientists consider that life begins when living organism can self-sustaining therefore, although the LNG can produce problems in the implant of fetus, this is not a murder because is effective some days post coitus and is not a living.
Nevertheless, the discussion related about this topic I believe that each women is landlady of her body and can decide about what method want to choose for avoid the pregnancy.

Tuesday 14 September 2010

SICKO

I believe that this films was very interesting, because show the other realities in people's health and as other countries have good policies to care the persons. Is important to emphasize that it's no only resource problem, is a resource management problem, because in the film, USA that have a big financial power but the public health is very bad, is more a business that a governmental concern.
In England and France the reality is completly different I'm going to speak at length about the french sistem, because I saw it reality in the film.
In France, the health is free, because the taxes that paid the French people cover the cost of it. Also, the health not only cover when you have and accident and need medical attention, too when you have your first baby and the government sent you a baby-sitter and many profits more!
Is a bit cruel to make a comparison with Chile, because the sistem here even cover when you need medical attention and it's something that all knows. If you don't have money, you can to get acces to GES (formerly called AUGE) and get a free profit for your diseases, but this sistem have a lot of requirement.
In general in the hospital the people waits a lots of time to be addressed and in some cases, died in the expected. As well, the treatments most used are the more cheap not the more effective.
In other words, It's need more time for Chile to be like France.