A total of 343 primary healthcare facilities have been damaged by rains and floods in various regions across the country,
Health Minister Rosa Gutierrez reported on Sunday.
In this regard, the Health sector's head has already deployed a technical team to ensure care and assess the diagnosis in order to proceed with the rehabilitation of healthcare centers.
"It is true that 343 primary healthcare establishments have been damaged (by rains and floods), at any productive unit of services; however, they are operational. Only 10 of them, including health posts and healthcare centers, are not operational," she said.
In this context, the minister affirmed that the
Ministry of Health (Minsa) has sent a technical team to the affected regions not only to continue with medical care, but also to provide a rapid diagnosis of the damage in order to intervene and restore the establishments, health posts and healthcare centers.
"Health is very important. For this reason, everybody at the national, regional and local government levels are working on health care for Peruvians," she pointed out.
The government official emphasized that the Minsa keeps the red health in place as this enables all hospitals and healthcare establishments to provide immediate care to those affected by heavy rains, which have been recorded in various regions across the country, while providing care to patients for other reasons.
In this scenario —she said— the ministry has also provided the necessary support for all the regions where the state of emergency has been declared, delivering medicines, supplies, materials, and human resources.
Regarding dengue fever and leptospirosis, which are typical consequences due to the puddles of water formed due to rain, Gutierrez noted that epidemiology teams from the National Health Institute have traveled to the regions to respond to any alarm that may occur.
(END) TMC/RMB
Published: 3/12/2023