The government of Mexico City, in coordination with Grupo Modelo, will allow La Pastora General Hospital meet Covid-19 patients, with an investment of about 250 million pesos, will have 100 beds and will be ready by the end of February.
The head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, informed that the Ministry of Works will be in charge of repaving and connecting the drainage and drinking water; Insabi will take care of the equipment for monitors and fans; The government of the capital together with Insabi will be in charge of hiring the medical staff; and Grupo Modelo will handle the hospital’s facilities, such as oxygen and medical gas connections.
“At the moment, it is this private investment, which, without the investment of the Modelo Group, we would not have the possibilities or sufficient resources to start it, they will invest in everything that requires the installation of a hospital, the building. It is empty, they do not have the facilities. the hospital, Grupo Modelo makes them, ”he said.
CassIano de Stefano, president of the Modelo Group, commented that thousands of bottles of gel-based alcohol were donated, as well as 500,000 face masks to the Secretariat for Citizen Security, in addition to 100,000 bottles of drinking water to the local Secretariat of health; also participated in expanding the capacity of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases and now they are joining forces with the capital government to ensure the health of the capital.
“We are confident that with the project we are announcing today, we will help improve the hospital capacity of our city when it is most needed,” he said.
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150 thousand people will benefit
Head of the local Ministry of Health, Oliva López Arellano, commented that the 100 hospital beds will have everything they need, with equipment in terms of imaging, medical gases and will have the opportunity to provide care and directly benefits 150 thousand people from this area where there is difficulty in accessing health services, especially hospital and emergency services.
In turn, the head of the Ministry of Works, Jesus Esteva Medina, He commented that the electrical installation is made by CFE, the drainage installation and that the water leaks are repaired.
“Here what is mentioned in the plumbing, electrical, medicinal and air conditioning installations, we have a maximum of February 28, but we believe that it can be shortened in less time and we will do everything possible to cut it,” he said.
The Mayor of Gustavo A. Madero, Francisco Chíguil, He recalled that his administration and the previous one had allocated about 218 million pesos, but the city hall does not have enough resources to be able to operate this hospital.
“We have cleaned 10 thousand 600 square meters of construction of this property, we will continue with the rehabilitation works of the sewerage and water connection that the water system in Mexico City is doing and we will do to invest and to be able to install four elevators, we estimate an investment of 15 million pesos and, with this, we will contribute to the commissioning of this space in the coming weeks “, he commented.
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