Gloves, limit disposable, safety glasses, face shields and mask, are some of the biosafety supplies for some 300 students from the last semesters of Medicine and Nursing who request donations and thus to be able to join health centers, since to date they have not been able to do so due to the lack of these teams .
José Guirnaldos, head of the Dean of Health Sciences of the UCLA He assured that despite the fact that the national government announced the plan when the first cases were confirmed, the university has not received funding. “After meetings where we detected the need, we proposed to carry out the campaign,” explained the dean, referring to the fact that without these supplies they cannot face the pandemic without equipment.
The students detail that it is not only in the main health centers of Barquisimeto which they will be attending, but also in outpatient clinics in rural areas. In addition to that, they will also provide their services to hospitals in Yaracuy and Portuguese.
Julián Pérez, Medicine student of the Lisandro Alvarado commented that they review primary care and have contact with suspects and they must have biosecurity equipment, “because 80% of them cannot cover it from their pocket.” Explain that they must be changing the supplies that are reused regularly depending on the area where they are.
The student said that health centers do not have endowment to equip the boys of Medicine and Nursing consecutively. She noted that for donations they must contact the Dean’s students and thus channel the delivery; at the time of having all the sufficient inputs they will start their practices and help in the different hospitals and ambulatory.
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