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Health Minister meets with Grace's father

The girl needs a treatment based on cannabis for epilepsy.

Mercedes Juan recognized the urgent need to address the case. (Photo: Archive/EL UNIVERSAL)
07/09/2015 |19:57Ruth Rodríguez |
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Mexican Health Minister Mercedes Juan received to Raúl Elizalde, father eight-year-old Grace, a girl affected by the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome which causes her to experience seizures.

Juan offered him support for specialized medical care in the hospitals and the National Institutes of Health.

During the meeting at the offices of the Ministry, Juan recognized the urgency of addressing the case and stressed that the priority is to improve the girl's quality of life of the lower.

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The girl's treatment is based on CBD, an oil derived from cannabis which has to be imported from the United States.