The Minister of Public Health, Luis Medina Ruiz, met with part of the medical team that will work in this new health center dedicated to the care of patients with bronchiolitis.
Coordinator of Pediatric and Neonatal Emergencies of the Province, Patricia Villagra Said that this Friday morning “we met with Minister Luis Medina Ruiz, to inform him that we are missing some details to start with the activities in the Lomas de Tafi Modular Hospital, for the time being we are working with the training There is the IT part, since we will be working on the SGH system, that is, everything will be computerized.
He added that “we are training doctors, nurses and kinesiologists, as the idea is to improve all aspects of the care of these patients with respiratory illnesses, in addition to the high-tech equipment required for each child. Support Very important to us.” Third level, such as Avellaneda Hospital, Niño Jesús and Eva Peron Hospital. The idea is not to overcrowd the third level, being able to detect pathology or hospitalization in these types of patients”.
The professional emphasizes clear work with operational and programmatic areas with the aim of ensuring that the child admitted with pathology is in the right place for him. “The time has come to start these works to contain the high demand, we are facing a steady peak, however, we are working on containment and since December we have given the necessary training so that we can deal with these patients and offer their families.” Necessary control”, Dr. Villagra explained.
For his part, a reference to the Pediatric Area of the Hospital del Niño Jesus, Ileana Bussetto commented that “the idea is to reduce in this case the children’s hospital, which is the reference third level effector in the province in terms of outpatient consultations and hospitalizations. The modular hospital of Lomas de Tafi is going to occupy. Outpatient consultation, always based on the pathology of bronchiolitis, typical of time, in addition to providing medical attention to the population near their home without the need for travel.
“We try to work in a clear way for improvement, always thinking about the patient and the quality of care. I want to emphasize that the professionals who will be there are excellent and specialized in this field, because They are working on this type of pathology in the children’s hospital”, the health department official insisted.
