- According to official information, 27 deaths and 4 disappearances caused by this natural disaster have been reported so far.
- The Health Institutes of CDMX and the State of Mexico enabled beds and services to receive the victims of Hurricane Otis that impacted Guerrero.
- It was also announced that there are groups of specialists ready to move to the area of the tragedy if necessary.
Due to the magnitude of the disaster caused by the Hurricane Otis in Guerrero, the collaboration of the Health Institutes and federal hospitals was announced. In these moments of tragedy is when all possible support is required to care for the people who lost everything in one night.
With this in mind, the institutions that make up the Coordinating Commission of National Institutes of Health and High Specialty Hospitals (CCINSHAE) They reorganize their services to have hospital availability.
The purpose is that, if necessary, they can receive patients who are in areas affected by the passage of the Hurricane Otis and require transfer to Mexico City and the State of Mexico to continue their treatment, as well as send specialists to care for the population in the affected areas.
The head of CCINSHAE, Gustavo Reyes Terán, reported that some of the medical units are accelerating the restructuring of spaces in intensive care to anticipate eventualities due to medical emergencies.
Beds are enabled in the Health Institutes for the victims of Hurricane Otis
He announced that the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) “Ismael Cosío Villegas” It provided 15 beds in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit; he National Rehabilitation Institute “Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra” (INRLGII) It is prepared for the reception of patients with musculoskeletal trauma that does not involve the central nervous system, thorax or abdomen.
Meanwhile, the National Cancer Institute (INCan) It provided four regular beds and two intensive care beds; he National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán” (INCMNSZ)two intensive care beds, and the National Institute of Perinatology (INPer) “Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes”14 regular beds for obstetric patients.
He General Hospital of Mexico (HGM) “Eduardo Liceaga” enabled 28 regular beds and two intensive care beds for obstetrics-gynecology patients; he “Manuel Gea González” General Hospital, two regular beds and one intensive care bed; The Ixtapaluca Regional High Specialty Hospital is prepared for regular hospitalization with 10 beds for adults and five for girls and boys; he Women’s hospital10 regular beds for obstetric patients.
He National institute of pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital of Mexico “Federico Gómez” (HIMFG), Being highly specialized in caring for infants, they could receive specific cases of third level care in people of this age group.
Hurricane Otis, one of the most powerful in the history of Mexico
On October 25 at 00:30 a.m. Hurricane Otis impacted Acapulco Guerreroas category 5, causing severe damage to the entity, which includes damage to health and communications infrastructure.
That same day, emergency response teams were moved to collaborate with the Operational Command for Health Securityby instructions of Secretary Jorge Alcocer Varela, with the aim of safeguarding the well-being of the affected population.
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