"the pill of the after day"

Hi! again!
I'll talk about Dr. Valenzuela's talk which was on past Thursday. He talked about "Postovulatory effects of Levonorgestrel in Emergency Contraception". In my opinion the presentacion was very interesting, besides I think that the topic is very important my future profession.

Levonorgestrel is a drug used as emergency contraception. In our country, this is known as "the pill of the after day" and there are many debates about the real effects of it. Some people say that the drug is abortive and others say that it is not abortive.

Dr. Valenzuela told us that according to studies Levonorgestrel is not abortive. He said that the pill only have preovulatory effects. This drug should be used 0-24 hours after the coito or maximum five days after the coito, but its effect decrease.

In my point of view the use of Levonorgestrel is directly related to ethics. This topic opens the debate about when life begins? The main protagonists in this debate are Catholic Church and Science. I think that the life begins in the fecundation, that is to say when the occyte and sperm unite.

I feel that there are many others anticontraceptive methods for prevent pregnancy. After the presentation by Dr. Valenzuela, I feel that as even not 100% proven that the drug is or not abortive, Levonorgestrel should only be used in special cases for example in cases of rape or teenage pregnancies.

I think that in Chile there are still many years of debate about this issue.

Bye!

Health care: law or business?

Hi everybody! This time I’ll write my point of view about a documentary called “Sicko”. This documentary investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance. Besides this film compares health system in the United States with health system in others countries as Canada and English.

At the beginning, the documentary shows health problems of people who don’t have a health insurance. Then, you can see interview with people who are often victims of insurance companies. In general, this film shows the deficiencies that have health system in United States, also the inequalities into the system and economic problems of the people who have been defrauded by its insurance company.

Then, the documentary shows health system in the English. In this country health system is based National Health System (NHS), which is funded with taxes people and administrated by government. The NHS is public system free all the people and this provides an excellent health care. I really liked it.

This film made me think about the health system in Chile. In my country, the health system public is free for some people but the quality of the system is very poor even. I think the government needs to invest more resources in the health care public because we current system causes a lot of social inequity. I feel that at this time the health system in the English is a utopia for us.

Health care is a law for the all people, for this reason is very important to have a good health system in the countries.

That’s all,
See you soon