2023-10-29 00:10:33
Right now Acapulco needs all the support possible and therefore the Institute of Security and Social Services of State Workers (ISSSTE) announced the installation of a mobile hospital. The objective is to care for all the victims left by the hurricane Otis.
Characteristics of the ISSSTE mobile hospital that will be installed in Acapulco
The general director of the Institute ISSSTEPedro Zenteno Santaella explained that the unit consists of two domes with space for 80 beds.
During the installation of the Command Center for Attention to the Effects of Hurricane Otis added that the mobile hospital It is a modular infrastructure that has everything necessary to function as a hospital. In fact, it was used during the health emergency to care for COVID-19 patients and was located in the parking lot of the General Hospital (HG) of Tláhuac, in Mexico City.
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He said that these domes will be dismantled shortly to be transported to Acapulco and install them. This will prevent the transfer of patients to hospitals outside the port.
“We are working with the entire Health sector in Acapulco in a coordinated manner, with the Mexican Navy, the Army, the National Guard, the municipal authorities and the government of Guerrero, because the priority is to provide medical care to whoever requires it. There are already 25 mobile units in the Health sector providing medical care.”
He instructed the Director of Administration, Almendra Ortiz Genis, to move to Acapulco to carry out the necessary procedures to exercise insurance against accidents, as well as begin the reconstruction of the municipality’s HG.
Medical units affected by Hurricane Otis
The general director of ISSSTE toured the facilities of the HG and the Family Medicine Unit (UMF) in Acapulco. He witnessed the damage that the facilities suffered. The clinic is closed and of the three floors of the hospital, only the ground floor is functioning, where emergency and hospitalization services are provided.
Accompanied by the deputy medical director of Guerrero, Edna Asuán Pichardo, and the director of the HG, Sofía Caballero Martínez, and thanking the health and operational personnel for their willingness to continue working despite also suffering damages in their homes, Pedro Zenteno announced that Diesel will be supplied to the electricity plant that serves the emergency area, where 16 patients are currently being treated—of the initial 72—some of whom will be transferred to the Chilpancingo hospital to continue their care.
He also indicated that the ISSSTE There will be a bus to transport the staff who work at the hospital to their homes, many of whom live on the outskirts of Acapulco, so that they can attend to their family and work activities.
The general director called on medical and nursing personnel, who were surely affected by the terrible meteorological impact, to return to the best of their ability.
He added that, as part of the coordinated work, the ambulances of the ISSSTE They transfer patients to the heliport of the Army hospital to take them to different hospitals in Mexico City.
As an immediate measure, he requested to send more ambulances and medical personnel to Acapulco. Furthermore, given the lack of fuel, he informed the HG personnel that at the Naval Base the ambulances could fill with gasoline and diesel will also be supplied for the operation of the emergency plant and boilers of the medical unit.
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