The government of Mexico City in coordination with Grupo Model will enable the La Pastora General Hospital to meet Covid-19 patients, With an investment of about 250 million pesos, will have 100 beds and will be ready by the end of February.
The head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Reported that the Secretariat of Works will be responsible for the repaving and connection of drainage and drinking water; the Insabi will be in charge of the equipment of monitors and fans; the government of the capital together with the Insabi will be in charge of the hiring of medical personnel; and Grup Model will be in charge of hospital facilities, such as oxygen and medicinal gas connections.
“At the moment it is this private investment, which, without the investment of Grup Model, we would not have the possibilities, nor the sufficient resources to be able to throw it to walk, they are going to invest in everything that requires the installation of a hospital, the building is empty, they don’t have the hospital facilities, Model Group makes them, ”he said.
Cassiano de Stefano, president of Grupo Model, commented that thousands of bottles of ice alcohol have been donated, as well as 500 thousand mouth covers to the Secretary of Public Safety, in addition to 100 thousand bottles of drinking water in the Local Secretary of Health; also participated in the capacity expansion of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases and now join forces with the government of the capital to ensure the health of those in the capital.
“We are confident that with the project we are announcing today we will help improve the hospital capacity of our city at times when it is most needed,” he said.
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It will benefit 150,000 people
The head of the local Ministry of Health, Oliva López Arellano, Commented that the 100 hospital beds will have everything required, with equipment in terms of imaging, medicinal gases, and will have the opportunity to provide care and directly benefit 150,000 people of this area where there is difficulty in terms of access to health services, in particular hospital services and emergency care.
For his part, the head of the Works Secretariat, Jesus Esteva Medina, commented that the electrical installation is being carried out by CFE, the drainage and water leaks are being repaired.
“Here what is mentioned the installation Hydrosanitary, electrical, medicinal gases and air conditioning installations, we have at the latest on February 28 but we consider that it will be possible to shorten in less time and we will do everything possible to cut-” , he said.
The mayor of Gustavo A. Madero, Francisco Chíguil, He recalled that his administration and the previous one, have allocated approximately 218 million pesos, but the mayor does not have enough resources to be able to put this hospital into operation.
“We have carried out the cleaning of 10,600 square meters of construction of this property, we will continue with the works for the rehabilitation of the drainage and the connection of water that is doing the Water System of the City of Mexico, and we will also invest to be able to install 4 elevators, we are calculating an investment of 15 million pesos, and with this we will contribute to the fact that this space will come into operation in the coming weeks, “he said.
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