The objective, as it happened last week with the nursing homes in the municipality, is to bring users closer to their families through video calls during the confinement in which they cannot receive visits in the homes.
The Mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, has reported the delivery made by the Lorca City Council, through the Department of Health and New Technologies, to the residences of Asprodes and Apandis de Lorca of various tablets, as the last week with the three nursing homes in the municipality.
The Mayor of Lorca explained that "the main objective is to allow users who are in these residences and cannot receive visits from their families, to contact them through video calls, thus allowing them to feel a little closer to them, during this confinement situation to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. "
Diego José Mateos has detailed that "on this occasion eight devices have been purchased with the money from the solidarity account, and they have been distributed, according to the number of residents of each of the facilities, three for Apandis and five for Asprodes" .
The First Edil has indicated that "after the good acceptance that this initiative has had in nursing homes, with that donation of devices in which Mediamarkt and Parque Almenara Shopping Center also collaborated, we were clear that we also wanted to help make it more bearable This stage of confinement to the users of Asprodes and Apandis, entities to which we cannot fail to thank them for the great work they do with their users, for which the City Council will always have our support, and proof of this is the donation of these tablets. "
Lastly, the mayor recalled that "we will continue to adopt all those measures that are necessary to help mitigate the consequences of the health crisis caused by the coronavirus and, of course, to be able to spend this time in the best possible way, and if it is with the smile of all these people, much better. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca