With the arrival of the long weekend, a large number of people who will visit the Valparaíso region are expected to travel, which leads to expectations of over-demand in emergency care centers. This represents challenges for the region in terms of public health and safety; Therefore and in accordance with the Minsal guidelines, the Valparaíso-San Antonio Health Service develops its contingency plan associated with the holy weekend. This contingency plan involves all the healthcare centers in the SSVSA network and will be in effect from today, March 28, 2024 until 7:00 AM on April 1, 2024.
The Contingency Plan establishes the essential guidelines for ensuring the continuity of care in healthcare centers as well as for the articulation of the SSVSA response within the framework of its emergency plan. The different levels of intervention of the healthcare network are considered, from Primary Health Care to pre-hospital units such as SAMU and hospital centers. Particularly, the importance of articulating the emergency network through the regulatory center and inter-institutional coordination with other first response entities in disaster situations or emergencies with multiple victims is emphasized, aspects that must be considered within the local plans.
The director of the Valparaíso-San Antonio Health Service Cristián Gálvez mentioned that the SSVSA is prepared to ensure a coordinated, effective and networked response to any emergency situation that may arise during the Easter celebrations: “Together with the Subdepartment of Risk, Emergency and Disaster Management (DEGREYD) and the management teams of the establishments, we have delivered the guidelines and orientations that come from the undersecretary of care networks in order to keep us prepared for possible emergencies that may arise and that generate an overload in the usual care for which our care network is responsible. At the same time, contact has been made with all the teams in the network so that during this period we remain on alert and in constant communication to guarantee the best conditions of care. health for people
Gricel Zamorano, in charge of emergency and disaster coordination of the Risk and Disaster Management Department of the Valparaíso-San Antonio Health Service, pointed out that: “The objective of the contingency plan is to be active in case any adverse event occurs this long weekend. There is an increase in people who come to spend the weekend in the Valparaíso region and attend sports activities, therefore, we are attentive if the need to increase network work is activated.” Zamorano indicated: “The preparation of the network is based on all establishments having a contingency plan that is reported to the Health Service, which at this time maintains its operational capacity. We constantly monitor the management of beds, full staffing, staff on duty and the activation of COGRID on alert.”
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