2018, Number S1
Earthquake in Mexico: Mexico City governmentʼs health response
Ahued-Ortega A
Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 83-89
PDF size: 246.46 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Before earthquake event of September 19, 2017, the Health Ministery of Mexico City and the institutions sectored to it, immediately implemented interventions: To receive patients with red and yellow priority, each unit in the hospital network of Sedesa, was prepared for massive reception of patients; scheduled surgeries were suspended, emergency patients were transferred to hospitalization or intensive therapy and those who could continue in their homes were discharged. With declaration of emergency, published by the head of government, the Ministery of Health, in coordination with other agencies of CDMX Government; federal institutions, parastatals, civil society organizations and private institutions, implemented the plans, protocols and actions defined exprofeso.REFERENCES
Secretaría de Protección Civil, Consejo de Protección Civil del Distrito Federal. Plan Permanente Ante Contingencias de la Ciudad de México. Aviso por el que se da a conocer el Acuerdo tomado por el Consejo de Protección Civil para la realización de ejercicios de respuesta inmediata ante sismos de gran magnitud en el Distrito Federal en Sesión Extraordinaria del 25 de marzo de 2011. México: Gaceta Oficial del Distrito Federal, Décima Séptima Época. 30 de marzo 2011(1063):40-41.