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The ISEA is ready for patient care in cold weather: Gerardo Macias
Thursday, 00:15 11/Nov/10 Victoria Guzman Arrives in the entity first shipment of vaccines against influenza A/H1N1 was expected in the coming days, temperatures of minus four degrees Celsius
According to the National Weather Service, at least 40 cold fronts will hit the state in the coming winter, with record temperatures down to minus four degrees below zero in this situation, the inevitable question of health services offered by the state is if you have the capacity to care for Seguro Popular affiliates and users submit Hidalgo Hospital respiratory diseases, to which the head of the Institute of Health, State of Aguascalientes, Gerardo Mac?as L?pez said that the ISEA, is prepared to both personal and with the necessary medicine, even though the demand for these services is increased by up to 30 percent in winter.
"Sometimes we present shortage and that is that as medicine is completed and while the process of reaching the other vaccine may be thinking that this shortage exists, but it is possible and in record time as shipments arrive. As for drugs there will always be some who always needed, do have a supply of 90% or so we have supplied nine out of ten drugs and sometimes the users of these services will be able to touch the fate of the ten percent " he said.
In an interview, the owner of the area recommended to the public, carried out on basic preventive measures to avoid infection and to avoid self-medication if they have any symptoms of respiratory disease to avoid complications, because resistance usually to medications can turn a simple nasopharyngitis or common cold to pneumonia. Aguascalientes also urged to drink fluids, fruits and vegetables in season and avoid confined spaces or where there is lots of pedestrian traffic.
"It's important not to self-medicate people who come to then not have any complications as a result of a more serious condition and the other aspect is that individual people are also protected, avoid sudden changes in temperature, being warm, drink plenty of liquids, seasonal foods are always mentioned, such as fruits and vegetables and other important aspect is to avoid confined spaces, to avoid burning wood or a product that could cause poisoning, "he suggested.
Mac?as L?pez, said it has arrived in Aguascalientes the first shipment of 19 000 special vaccinations which consists in a single application, to protect the patient against the H1N1 virus, and influenza B. H/3N2 He added that this vaccine has been implemented in the municipalities and rural areas since last week and that for now, is waiting for the second shipment which is expected to be similar number of doses.
In this regard said that the dose will be providing a continuous and mostly infants six to 59 months of age, persons with higher risk of contagion or risk for complications, adding that the Institute is intended to be applied about 80 thousand doses from the beginning of this conference until the end of December.