Dr. Einar Cruz, National Head of the Department of Emergency Management and Patient Transportation (DENGEDTP) in an interview with Radio Panama that the Social Security Fund will place its hospitals and polyclinics nationwide on preventive green alert for the holidays year in order to address the cases that occur during these festivities beginning with the Christmas holidays.
“The Social Security Fund, aware of its responsibility to the Panamanian people, is preparing a green alert which will start on December 24 at 7:00 a.m. and ends on the 27th at 3:00 a.m. for this, the CSS is putting its executing units of which 12 are hospitals and 20 are polyclinics, the emergency rooms will operate 24 hours reinforced with personnel on duty, a total of 5,000 officials will be available in this green alert to guarantee care for citizens, “he reported. Cross.
Recommendations were also given on the handling of fireworks, that parents be aware of their children to avoid accidents, in addition to avoiding an excess in food to avoid poisoning and that people avoid the consumption of alcohol in large quantities that can cause a accident in the case of going out to drive.
Dr. Cruz also recommended continuing with the biosecurity measures for COVID-19 for these end-of-year holidays “The cases have not disappeared, but have increased, which is why it is very important to maintain the protection of masks, since there are many family reunions during this time of year” concluded Cruz
