The Minister of Health, Marciano Gomezannounced this Monday the launch of a service psychological care For affected and family members who suffered the effects of the disaster caused by DANA, installed at Feria Valencia and where 30 psychologists and psychiatrists will provide care.
In this updated situation report, he also anticipated other measures that are being adopted to guarantee health care to the population following the storm.
This unit will initially be composed of specialists both Department as well as the Military Emergency Unit (EMU) and will have ten consultations and two medical ambulances. Its opening hours will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
It will complement the mental health care provided to those affected on site in the municipal facilities provided by the municipalities of Catarroja, Paiporta and, starting this Monday, in Albal.
Coordinator to assess epidemiological risks
The Ministry has also appointed a coordinator of land environmental health carry out a “constant and continuous” evaluation of the epidemiological risks that may arise in areas devastated by DANA and ensures that it has sufficient vaccines against tetanus. The quantity of stagnant and dirty water, mixed in places with fecal discharge, makes it essential to anticipate illnesses, as the health authorities had already warned in recent days.
Gómez explained that if a person suffers from any type of abrasive or cutting injury in these areas, they must go to the nearest health point to have it cleaned and disinfected and, depending on their vaccination schedule, administer the vaccine against the tetanus virus if necessary. .
Call center for chronic patients
In all, 47 centers of health affected by DANA have already restored its activity and the Department ensures the health care of the citizens of the ten who have not been able to reopen, directing them to other centers in the same base area.
Additionally, a ‘call center‘, assisted by health workers volunteersto carry out a “proactive” evaluation of the chronic patients who cannot move due to their own pathology or physical obstacles caused by the storm.
