Yale provides medical decrease to Puerto Rico

Yale provides medical decrease to Puerto RicoMedical decrease for Puerto Rico After the Category four Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, pediatrician Marietta Vazquez began organizing to send medical supplies. Photo credit: John CurtisMarietta Vazquez fielded phone calls & messages as she organized a shipment of medical supplies to Puerto Rico. She was standing in a warehouse on Howard Avenue on Tuesday morning, arranging to ship 15,000 pounds of antibiotics, sutures, gauze, surgical kits, syringes, medications, & other medical supplies to Puerto Rico. After Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico on September 20, Vazquez premier ascertained which her family in the outskirts of San Juan was safe. From Yale to Puerto Rico by love, reads a sign on a box of medical supplies.




In the wake of Hurricane Maria, medical services in Puerto Rico are in a precarious position, & for some patients it is safer to evacuate to the United State mainland for treatment. Doctors in Puerto Rico saw further intervention is needed, & quickly, according to the article. "If this isn't taken care of, people are will begain dying," says Juan Carlos Sotomonte, M.D., medical director of the cardiovascular unit at Puerto Rico Medical Center, the largest public infirmary on the island. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Tom value declared a latest state of emergency in Puerto Rico & the United State Virgin Islands following Hurricane Maria. Humanitarian group Project wish has too been deployed to Puerto Rico, according to an article from South Florida Caribbean News.

Puerto Rico's looming medical crisis is 'about to explode'

Her feelings are shared by other health care providers on the island, who believe a medical crisis is about to unfold. Considering the needs of the entire island, Cruz Vivaldi said immediate help by diesel & power is what needs to happen first. Puerto Rico doesn't yet have a medical problem, Cruz Vivaldi believes. "We necessity further federal & armed forces here on the island," Cruz Vivaldi says. Cruz Vivaldi believes US Congress & President Trump going to provide funds & help rescue his home island.


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