The Health Areas of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventuraattached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islandshave been recognized by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations of the Government of Spain for his attention to migrantsrecipients of the international and temporary protection system or disadvantaged groups or at risk of social exclusion.
To the ceremony of delivery of the Distinction of Inclusion and Migrations that took place this Monday, March 27, at the Castillo de La Luz de The Gran Canarian palmsattended by the director of the Canary Islands Health Service, elizabeth hernandez; the director of the Health Area of Gran Canaria, Bernardo Macias; the director of the Tenerife Health Area, Ignacio Lopez; the director of the Health Area of Lanzarote, noelia umpierrezand the director of the Fuerteventura Health Area, Sandra Celis, the four recognized area directors. Also honored in this act were the deputy director of Nursing of the Primary Care Management of Tenerife, Janet Perezand the coordinator of the Intervention team of the Primary Care Management of Gran Canaria, Pino González.
“A just and deserved act”
During his speech, the President of the Canary IslandsAngel Victor Torres, thanked the minister for celebrating these awards, “a fair and deserved act.” Torres addressed the award-winning individuals and entities, thanking them for their efforts and acknowledging that “they are part of the true Canary Islands, which is the one that helps, that does not build walls; the one that humanity understands without taking into account the place of origin, the race or beliefs of the people. The true Canary Islands that makes us have values”. The president valued the work of the toilets on the beach to care for migrants after complicated journeys in which they risk their lives with the hope of finding a better life.
For his part, the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, Jose Luis Escrivathanked “The 27 people and institutions distinguished today with these awards show their solidarity and exemplary nature in welcoming migrants”.
Specifically, the Ministry highlighted “the support and coordination work in the health emergency on the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, participating in the development and control of the health measures of the covid-19applying sanitary quarantines and coordinating with migration centers.
The attention to the migrant population and disadvantaged groups by the Ministry of Health has had various initiatives with the aim of improving both health care and the inclusion of people and groups in vulnerable situations, a particularly complex task during the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.
permanent collaboration
He SCSthrough the Area Directorates and the Primary Care Managements and the hospitals of all the islands, has established a permanent collaboration with the devices and institutions linked to the care and follow-up of immigrants both at the time of their arrival in the Canary Islands, as in the Temporary Immigrant Reception Centers set up by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations and in the ‘Noah’s coffers’ themselves set up by the Area Directorates during the acute phase of the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19, shared management devices between the Ministry itself, the Red Cross, the SUCC and the SCS.
In addition, the SCS has been adopting measures to assist this group and the result of this is the Gynecological-obstetric care protocol for pregnant and postpartum women in migratory processesa project that pursues a specific approach to the assistance that migrant women who have suffered genital mutilation should receive.
