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The Mayor stressed the "example of commitment" of all professionals working in this direction, they got in under 4 hours relocate more than 300 dependent elderly in nursing homes in our region.
Jodar says it is a fact "that all Lorca can be proud."
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar has reported that the City of Lorca has been awarded the "Damir Cemerin" award will be given to the mayor on Monday at the National School of Civil Protection (Madrid) by the secretary of Ministry of Interior, Luis Aguilera, and the Special Representative of the Secretary General of United Nations Margareta Wahlström, in the framework of the V Meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction.
It is a recognition of the measures adopted by the municipality to improve the quality of life of older people and their ability to overcome the effects of the earthquake of 2011.
At this meeting all European countries and responsible national and international institutions to minimize the consequences of natural and technological disasters and reduce the vulnerability of people and communities involved.
The Forum is sponsored by the United Nations, through the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and develop their work sessions at the headquarters of the National School of Civil Protection (ENPC).
The Mayor stressed that this award recognizes mainly the work done by all the professionals in the various homes for the elderly in the municipality for the transfer and accommodation of our elders after the earthquake of 2011, and the work of employees municipal and social services professionals in the field of health in Lorca, whose effort, coordination and commitment allowed to respond with exemplary effectiveness as difficult as the derivative of the emergency earthquake situation resulted in our city.
Thanks to this joint effort all seniors who were in nursing homes in the city had a new accommodation in municipalities in the region just 4 hours after the earthquake was registered.
We are talking about a reaction outstanding ability, who managed to effectively respond to more than 300 people over 65 years in record time dependent and under especially adverse and unexpected situation.
Note that the rehabilitation of nursing homes 3 people in the municipality was completed in just over a year, taking advantage of improvements and new services on site, and all older people were able to return to Lorca.
The Day Centre located in Residencial Michelangelo also was seriously damaged, so that its activities were transferred to the headquarters of the Department of the Mayor in the neighborhood of San Diego, as well as the residence Sunday Sastre.
Alzheimer's patients also treated at the Day Centre your Association Lorca had to be transferred to the district of Puri, where they provided the service temporarily until their transfer to the usual center, after completing the repair.
From the Municipal Social Services actions and interventions were coordinated with the emergency services, addressing at first to direct attention to localization and users responding rapidly to emergency situations, such as evicting elderly dependents housing, provision of household necessities (medicine, clothes and food).
He also proceeded to address the needs of the camps, chronic patients,
The Mayor has stated that the experience of the emergency management of earthquakes has been instrumental in updating emergency plans for homes and social centers for the elderly, as well as establishing new training plans tailored to higher in self-protection measures and first aid.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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