Slight increase in primary care services on weekends Eye and Respiratory Diseases The Canary Islands government’s Ministry of Health reported on Monday that there were no serious cases in the regions of La Orotava and Guimar.
Therefore, the primary care administration of Tenerife will be present today in the health centers of Los Realejos, La Orotava, Tacoronte and Santa Ursula, La Matanza and La Victoria de Ascente The Basic Sanitation District of Ju maintains an intensive sanitation team to meet the needs of aid for the fires in Tenerife.
According to the specific provisions of the Ministry of Health in a statement, health centers in all affected cities in the north and south of the island will also continue to strengthen the provision of necessary supplies and medicines.
Thus, today, the General Emergency Services Unit (SNU) at Los Realejos Health Center will maintain a dual medical and nursing team, and La Orotava Health Center will also strengthen a medical and nursing team. The Continuing Care Point in Tacoronte and the Primary Sanitation Districts in Santa Úrsula, La Matanza and La Victoria de Asentejo, the latter at night.
Support groups will also continue their efforts to assess deportees relocated to gyms and nursing homes.
To this end, the Acentejo region will be staffed by a Home Assessment (VAD) Intensive Team consisting of two nurses in the vehicle and a doctor from the coordination office, as well as a social worker from the Los Realejos region.
Likewise, a central supply depot for supplying medicine and oxygen remains active in case health centers in the affected cities need it.
Due to the evacuation of these areas, surrounding clinics in Ravello, Chamiana, La Coruhera and Palo Blanco were closed and health teams moved to other reference centers to attend scheduled events with patients.
As far as the outlying clinics in Ravello are concerned, the two home care units (UAF) have been transferred to the San Juan de los Perales center in Tacoronte and the health center in El Sauzal, respectively.
The team will contact the patient by phone to tell them which center to attend for the scheduled event.
Health personnel from the Chamiana Peripheral Clinic in La Matanza and La Coruhera in Santa Ursula have been transferred to the Reference Health Center in both towns, where they will take part in scheduled activities.
Health teams from outlying offices in Palo Blanco in Los Realejos have joined local health centers and participated in initial clinical assessments of pavilions and centers for deportees in the area.
The Ministry of Health reminds the population of the main recommendations to consider in case of forest fires such as those currently occurring in Tenerife.
In this sense, experts insist that smoke from forest fires, which consists of a mixture of gases and small particles emitted when vegetation, building materials and other types of materials are burned, can have respiratory effects on healthy and vulnerable populations.
Faced with this situation, we have a series of recommendations for residents living near forest fires in areas where there is a lot of smoke and ash.
These recommendations are therefore aimed at sensitive and high-risk groups for these conditions, such as those with respiratory or heart conditions such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema; boys and girls, pregnant women, and the elderly population; and those undergoing People with strenuous physical activity.
The main symptoms these people may experience are coughing, irritation of the eyes, nose or throat; difficulty breathing deeply; chest discomfort; palpitations, fatigue and worsening of symptoms in those with pre-existing respiratory or heart disease.
The Directorate-General of Public Health makes the following recommendations to the population of the affected areas:
- Avoid being outside and engaging in vigorous or prolonged physical activity.
- Close doors and windows, and if you have an air conditioner, put it on recirculation mode and clean the filters.
- Outdoors, an FFP2 mask is recommended to avoid respiratory problems and to protect the eyes as much as possible, washing the eyes if necessary.
Likewise, it is advisable to pay special attention to the instructions they receive from the Civil Defense.
In case of emergency you must call the Canary Islands Government’s emergency number 1-1-2 and in case of doubt you must dial 012 (922 470 012).