Cancer patients forgotten as Mexico's healthcare crisis worsens

Mexico is currently going through a healthcare crisis that has a political stand-off putting the lives of those who depend on the state healthcare system at risk.  

Unfortunately, in some parts of Mexico, no medicine or treatment for diseases like caner are available. Many are living with with no idea when their medicine will arrive.

And it's not only cancer patients, but patients across the healthcare spectrum that are struggling. Last year, the federal government implemented budget cuts – impacting healthcare.

Since January, the shortage of medicine for hospitals has gotten worse. 

Mexico's president supports an alternative universal healthcare program called Insabi – the Institute for Health and Well-being.

Yet some states controlled by opposition parties won't give up control of their public health administration and support transparency in the sector. As the healthcare stand-off continues between state and federal officials, local charities are being impacted. Just how many lives this political tug-of-war may cost before a solution is put into place remains to be seen.