This was reported by the General Directorate of Epidemiology (DGE) of the Ministry of Health, which indicated that the caravan arrived at the port of Acapulco with more than 30,000 supplies for the treatment of diarrhea, chronic diseases and respiratory infections, as well as 34 medical professionals. , between operators, brigade members, medical and nursing staff and promoters, four mobile units and nine brigade vehicles.
He added that these medical and operational personnel are among the more than 800 workers and the 26 brigades of the Ministry of Health that have been deployed on the coast of Guerrero since the first hours after the impact of Hurricane Otis on October 25.
In his message to staff, the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Ruy López Ridaura, reported that after the most acute hours of emergency care have passed, the National Center for Prevention Programs and Disease Control of the Health Secretariat contributes to emergency care with disease prevention and control measures.
He thanked the will of the federal personnel who completed their missions in Sonora and Sinaloa and now join those already working in Guerrero to reinforce care for the affected population.
López Ridaura said that the brigades that arrived today will help residents in the areas of greatest disaster in Guerrero in the search and timely detection of people suffering the greatest effects of a phenomenon like Otis.
Likewise, they will work to identify people who need long-term treatment whose interruption could be counterproductive, such as diabetes, hypertension, HIV, hepatitis C and tuberculosis, among others.
Of the new units, four come from the Health Security Operations Command and nine brigade vehicles in which the personnel distributed in seven epidemiological surveillance brigades, a general coordinator and two operational coordinators, travel.
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