2023-11-13 03:04:05
La Paz, November 12 (UCOM/DPB).- Health and food are of particular attention to the Ombudsman’s Office, which is considering the monitoring of forest fires in the municipality of San Buenaventura in the department of La Paz, with a preference of 40 people in vulnerable situations, including a pregnant woman.
“We have identified that emergency work is being carried out, but there is still much to do. It was evident that there are two camps where frontline personnel are located; The “José Manuel Pando” Educational Unit was also set up as a shelter, housing 40 people, including nine women and one of them in the pregnancy stage, four older adults, as well as 15 girls and boys,” reported the Regional Ombudsman Coordinator. the Yungas, Silvia Beatriz Chambi, who directed the on-site verification in the Buena Vista and Carmen Florida communities.
Along these lines, he reported that, according to data from the municipality’s Health Directorate, three brigades were formed with personnel from the San Buenaventura Hospital, each with three doctors and four nurses; However, due to the expansion of the fire to the Tumupasa community and other populations, there is an urgent need to reinforce the brigades with medical and health personnel.
“Despite the human resources that work in this town, the fires have not been controlled and the fire persists in other communities such as Bellas Palmeras, Esmeralda, Mamuque, Camino El Infierno, Tropezón, Kilometro 5, Sayuba, Camino Agrofort, Sayuba Arriba , 25 de Mayo and Agua Dulce, where the town’s water intakes are located,” Chambi added.
Assistance with 1,300 liters of water
Recently, the Ombudsman’s Office, through the Ombudsman Coordinator, delivered to the Center of Indigenous Peoples of La Paz (CPILAP), 1,300 liters of water and packages of face masks, a product of the campaign that the ombudsman institution promotes at the national level. national.
The Ombudsman’s Office, in a statement issued the day before, urged the different levels of the State to unify efforts to put out the fires in the north of La Paz and the environmental authorities to implement new emergency response systems at the national level, in addition to seeking the development of a fire prevention system so that communities can have instruments and the respective training.
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