After the damage caused by DANA in the Valencian Community, different protocols were activated to prevent possible epidemics. Thus, he was mobilized Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES) and Carlos III Health Institute in anticipation of public health problems that could arise from the disaster.
In this sense, work is being carried out with all the teams to address the issue of surveillance, prevention and control of public health risksas well as the development of the protocols necessary for the detection and early diagnosis.
It is essential to follow all preventative measures regarding cleaning, feeding and waste management. It is therefore necessary to follow a series of recommendations, such as wearing long-sleeved clothing, a mask, protective glasses and gloves and wash your hands frequently to avoid exposure to pathogenic microorganisms or inhalation of toxic gases.
Extraordinary care points have also been set up in collaboration with the municipalities concerned.
Medication access phone
The Ministry of Health, in coordination with Red Cross and College of Pharmacists of Valencia, activated the telephone number 965 918 658 facilitate access for chronic patients who are in areas affected by DANA in the province of Valencia to the medications they need and have been prescribed.
Through this telephone number, patients with chronic diseases will be informed of the location of the open and operational pharmacies closest to them. place/homeoy in which they can acquire the medicines they need.
In cases where, for any reason, patients cannot access the pharmacy office, the next steps will be indicated through this telephone number. facilitate access to required medications.
This measure was adopted after a meeting held between the Director General of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health, Elena Gras, and representatives of the Red Cross and the College of Pharmacists of Valencia.
Furthermore, it is recalled that as an emergency measure, the automatic extension of the chronic treatments sick people departments affected and that the patients Those who do not have papers, having been affected by the weather conditions and their consequences, will be able to collect prescribed medicines in pharmacies with their DNI number.
This measure aims to “facilitate the delivery of medications in the event of loss of the SIP card and identification documents” and thus guarantee that the population concerned can have the prescribed medications in all circumstances. In addition, chronic treatments will be automatically renewed.
ambulance
Likewise, the Ministry of Health It has more than a hundred unassisted transport ambulances (TNA) coordinated by the health emergency service to, if necessary, facilitate the transfer of vulnerable patients to health centers, provide medicines and chronic treatments such as dialysis or sintrom. Assistance in residences for the elderly and disabled has also been formalized to provide the necessary medications.
Pharmacies will respond to requests for medicines from state security forces and bodies or any health authority.
Finally, the General Directorate of Pharmacy asks citizens to refrain from giving medicines, since the supply of medicines must follow the channels established by the Ministry of Health to guarantee their quality and traceability to patients.
