Medical Care

In Nuevo Chimbote distric (city located next to Chimbote city) which also belong to Del Santa province and to Ancash department; there is a poor neighborhood called El Satélite in which most of its residents are facing living conditions that are not easy for them. Medical care, together with food, studies, pollution etc, are important issues to think about and to take action specially by the Government of Peru, Regional Government or Local Mayoralty however they all do little, not enough or nothing at all in some cases to attend people's medical care need in this area.

In El Satélite neighborhood there is a Medical Center called "El Satélite" as well which offers the following medical specialties: General Medicine, Nursing, Gynecology and Obstetrics. The chief doctor of this center is Dr. Alan Palomino Cadillo who said that health professionals working there have no enough resources to work efficiently. For example they do not have enough medical instruments and consulting rooms. No store, stretchers, ramps for patients using wheelchair and there is only a bathroom which is shared by women, men and patients.

They are doing their best to attend patients but they think that they might do it better. As you can see, it is urgent for them to get what they need for the benefit of those people in need of medical care around El Satélite neighborhood. For that reason and knowing this hard situation, Chimbote Rotary Club headed by its president Mr. Julio Mariluz Regalado together with its members of the board of directors, associates and volunteers have been performing previously activities to raise funds to assist, one way or another, this medical center.

On this context Mr. Julio Morales Regalado in name of Chimbote Rotary Club has donated to El Satélite medical center the following medical instruments:

• 01 Scales (for weighing person)

• 01 Blood Glucose Monitoring System

• 01 Sphygmomanometer of Mercury (for measuring blood pressure)

Dr. Alan Palomino Cadillo was very grateful for all these donations as well as those working there. They must provide medical care for a population of 10078 residents in their area. Presently they are attending 50 patients per day in average. Previously Chimbote Rotary Club built a water tank in the medical center for them to be able to count on running water all the time.

Because the government is not fulfilling conveniently and efficiently its duties on this issue, the staff of the medical center are willing to receive donations and support from any charitable institution or people to keep bringing medical care for the residents of El Satélite neighborhood. If you are one of those who wants to support them, just do it !!!

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