Archdiocese of Xalapa demands decent treatment of the shortage of medicine and poverty in Mexico

The Archdiocese of Xalapa, located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, made an urgent call to guarantee a “decent treatment for all” especially for those who suffer the persistence of the shortage of medicines and the conditions of poverty that affect millions of Mexicans.

Through A statement Extended on July 6 – coinciding with the visit of President Claudia Sheinbaum to the State to inaugurate a hospital maternal children’s-, the archdiocese warned that “it hurts that there is no reciprocal treatment between people and that each human being is used to achieve their own ends.”

In particular, he regretted that “there is shortage of basic medicines and hospitals devoid of equipment necessary to serve the patients in need of dignified treatment, according to their great dignity,” said the archbishopric.

The lack of medicines has been one of the main citizen complaints in recent years.

According to figures published by the local medium The Universalthe Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) did not supply 4 million 527 thousand 281 recipes for 2024, which represents 11 million 575 thousand 307 pieces of medicines not delivered to beneficiaries between January 1 and December 19 last year.

In addition to the health crisis, the Catholic Church denounced the levels of marginalization in the country, noting that “more than 30 million Mexicans remain submerged in exclusion and structural conditions of poverty.”

Despite this panorama, the message expressed hope that the country can still “see real results of political, economic, social and cultural projects” and encouraged citizens to maintain the same expectation, because “the natural wealth of Mexico and the dignity of its people demand it.”

As the axis of his proposal, the archbishopric said that “Christian charity is the answer”, considering it a way towards authentic and integral development.

Thanks to this attitude, he said, it can be opened “the possibility of forming a new humanity. Christian love is the main driving force of the full growth of each person and all humanity.”

“The experience of Christian charity means that each person is discovered as a beloved son of God and oriented to a life inspired by charity and mercy,” said the archdiocese.

Finally, the message concluded by remembering that living according to these Christian values ​​is fundamental, since “everything else will come in addition, since everyone’s great task is to respond and commit to these essential demands.”