This death is added to that of Chilean driver who was found dead inside the truck days ago.
Regarding the status of the Los Libertadores International Pass, It was ruled out that it will be enabled this Thursday.
Mountain assistance
While waiting for the opening of the Los Libertadores International Passthe main route that connects Argentina and Chilinearly two thousand trucks are at different points along Route 7. However, the cold and snowfall made the situation more difficult, so the Government provided health assistance to about 200 truck drivers.
According to the Ministry of Health and Sports, during the last 2 weeks operations were carried out to survey and control the health of the transporters stranded in High mountain.
Along these lines, within the framework of the Protocol for action for prolonged closuresstaff from the Arenas Raffo hospital and the Eastern Health areas -Santa Rosa, San Martín, La Paz, Junín and Rivadavia- were present at the gas stations in the area to provide assistance and carry out health checks to professional cargo drivers on international routes.
Punctually, from the Arena Raffo Hospital More than 200 truck drivers were assisted. The pathologies that could be detected were high blood pressure, diabetes and respiratory diseases.
For its part, the psychology area approached several transporters who They presented symptoms of anxietyafter several days stranded waiting for the pass to reopen.
“The hospital brought two nurses and the psychology graduate helped us, because some are a little anxious and depressed, especially those who have been here for almost 10 to 12 days. Most pathologies have been high blood pressure, diabetes, bronchitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis”explained the director of Arenas Raffo, Carlos Panza.
And he added: “What caught our attention the most is that Most of them are diabetics and do not know, and hypertensive, that they don’t know either.”
In the following days and to the extent that the preventive closure of the passage to Chile continues, the health areas that belong to the Ministry of Health of the Province will continue to provide care to truckers in the designated stops that include the route of National Route 7 .
