United States Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Denison Offutt has delivered two mobile emergency hospitals —designed to treat 80 patients a day— to Peru.
The modern health centers are especially designed to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic or in emergency situations, in remote and isolated areas across the country.
Each mobile hospital has its own generator and electrical grid, five heaters, and four hand-washing stations. Besides, they will be equipped with four mechanical fans.
Every facility consists of five areas, which can be connected to a single structure. These areas can be set up separately, so they can be easily brought to remote places.
According to the U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires, the aim is to ensure that the two health centers can operate at full capacity so as to save lives of Peruvians during and after the pandemic.
The U.S. official stated that the hospitals can be used during the vaccination campaign next year. Afterwards, they can be set up somewhere else to serve populations affected by natural disasters.
It must be pointed out that the United States has trained the personnel of the Health Ministry, the Army, and Indeci to set up, use, and operate these mobile units.
According to Offutt, the United States will continue to bolster Peru's efforts to improve its health system and looks to its future —in terms of economic reactivation and social recovery— with confidence.
He went on to say that Peru-U.S. ties are strong and long-lasting and that both countries will move forward together, with determination and optimism.
For her part, Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti thanked the United States for its donation and cooperation, highlighting the bonds of friendship between the two nations.
Dr. Mazzetti noted that Peru is expected to receive soon a batch of 50,000 COVID-19 vaccines from
U.S. laboratory Pfizer, which will serve to test the vaccination program on a national scale.
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Published: 11/24/2020