Tlaxcala receives 5 patients from Guerrero for treatment

Tlaxcala State Government

Editorial/Tlaxcala Quadratín

Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, November 2, 2023. – The Tlaxcala Health Department received 5 people from the state of Guerrero, including 3 minors and 2 adults, to provide them with medical care following the unexpected events that Hurricane Otis brought to the state .

Following an order from Governor Lorena Cuellar Cisneros, who directed efforts to support the people of Guerrero in conjunction with the Mexican government and other entities, patients transferred via air and land were treated this week.

On Tuesday, October 31, a helicopter transported a 44-year-old man with diabetes from the Guerrero General Hospital to the Tlaxcala entity, where he was treated at the Tlaxcala IMSS-Bienestar Hospital. Anselmo Cervantes Hernandez. “

The second patient was a three-month-old child who was medically diagnosed with pneumonia and was airlifted for professional treatment. An 11-year-old child from Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, arrived by land at Harbin Institute of Technology for treatment. Since he was diagnosed with leukemia, he received oncology care and continued treatment.

On Wednesday, November 1, a two-month-old child arrived at the Children’s Hospital with his mother by helicopter. Finally, a 36-year-old woman who had decompensated due to diabetes was also transferred by helicopter and landed at the National University of Science and Technology of Mexico in Api. on the football field of the Sacco Campus (TecNM), before staff from the Center for Medical Emergency Regulation (Crumt) took her to the IMSS-Bienestar Hospital in Tzompantepec.

A total effort that allows us to support the people of Guerrero in the face of the effects of meteorological phenomena, since October 29th to November 1st, 2023, Bell 407 “Malinche” helicopters have been deployed to various hospitals Four air transfers are in the area, the center of the country.

Two of them visited hospitals in Tlaxcala, IMSS-Bienestar de Tlaxcala and Tzompantepec, one of them went to “Dr. Rubén Leñero” in Mexico City and the other was taken to a hospital in the neighboring state of Puebla.

Through these actions, the state government demonstrates its solidarity in the face of emergencies caused by the hurricane and reiterates its support for the people of Guerrero and will continue to provide necessary assistance.