Jaimar Tuarez News Today

With Venezuela unable to provide medication, multiple sclerosis patients face disability or death without emigrating abroad

For Venezuelan Jaimar Tuarez, 22, being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis felt like a death sentence in a country unable to provide the drugs she needs to keep her ever-worsening symptoms at bay.

For Venezuelan Jaimar Tuarez, 22, being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis felt like a death sentence in a country unable to provide the drugs she needs to keep her ever-worsening symptoms at bay. There is no cure, but drugs can alleviate MS symptoms.

Tuarez is overwhelmed at the thought of leaving behind her family, a beloved dog and two cats, but fears her life is in danger if she does not

The drugs she needs can cost as much as $30,000 a year

Jaimar Tuarez is desperate to leave Venezuela to find the treatment she needs for ever-worsening multiple sclerosis symptoms

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