Los Pinos: New Lodging Outpost for Healthcare Professionals
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Los Pinos: New Lodging Outpost for Healthcare Professionals

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Miriam Bello By Miriam Bello | Senior Journalist and Industry Analyst - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 12:23

Weeks ago, the government led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that if Mexico faced an increased number of COVID-19 cases, the military entities SEDENA and SEMAR would join forces with the public healthcare institutions already confronting the virus. With the help of the government The State of Mexico, Quintana Roo, Baja California, Tabasco, Sinaloa and Mexico City are already reinforcing their public medical attention.

López Obrador has declared that in terms of infrastructure, the country has not exceeded its capacity and that this action plan will contribute with the number of beds available but also with medical devices manufacturing and distribution of medical supplies.

Additionally, Zoé Robledo, President of IMSS, informed that the former presidential residency Los Pinos will be transformed into a lodging center for the medical staff working on the metropolitan hospitals that have been the most affected by COVID-19 cases. The initiative came in response to the aggressions and harassment that Mexican medical staff have suffered since the outbreak of the pandemic in Mexico. “They will have a safe place to rest that will provide them food and laundry services, as well as recreation spaces and transportation to medical facilities and back to the residency.” IMSS is also expanding its services by creating a hospital for COVID-19 patients at the Mexican racetrack Hermanos Rodriguez. Robledo said that there are eight modules that will have 192 beds and 26 intensive care units for acute respiratory infections. The hospital will start operating on May 13.

Mexico is now two days away from the peak of contagion, meaning that these actions are just in time to prevent a crisis. Up to date, the country has 23,471 confirmed cases with just 6,933 of them active within the last 14 days. Transforming spaces and intensifying action plans is key in crowded cities or places facing high rates of contagion. In New York, for example, the city had to transform one of the iconic locations of the city into a hospital. Central Park hosts a temporary respiratory care center with 68 beds for confirmed cases of COVID-19. Local hospitals were exceeding their capacity as the American state reached the highest rates of contagion in the US and very high numbers compared to entire countries around the world. In the US, famous convention centers like the McCormick Place in Chicago, were adapted into medical hubs alongside with parking garages and sports stadiums. Back in New York, Queens was one of the most affected areas of the city which led the Billie Jean King Tennis Center to become a 350-bed medical center for the NYC Emergency Management. NYU student dorms were also used as emergency facilities, quarantine units or temporary housing for healthcare workers. Hotels and motels in Mexico, the US and Europe have also shown solidarity and transformed or offered their spaces to fight the crisis.

Unity and solidarity among industries is needed to overcome the challenges that the COVID-19 brought to the world. Solidarity responses around Mexico could mean more lives saved and a lower impact of the upcoming crisis on the different sectors on the country.

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