Senator elected by the Mayagüez-Aguadilla district, Ada García Montes, questioned General José Reyes, Special Assistant to the National Guard (GN), the reasons why a vaccination center for health professionals living and working in the western part of Puerto Rico.
“I understand that there is a reasonable process of training and logistics and that is why I waited throughout the week to express my expressions, but given the fact that yesterday it was announced the opening of a vaccination center next Wednesday, December 31 in Caguas and another in Arecibo, the obvious question is: when does he intend to open a center in the western area ”, explained the educator, who was also an educator.
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García Montes also mentioned that General Reyes told a news outlet (Cybernews Media) yesterday that he was concerned that health professionals in Ponce and Mayagüez were arriving at the vaccination center at the Pedrín Zorrilla Stadium in San Juan. “This center is for the metropolitan area,” Reyes said. In addition, the GNPR leader was questioned by the media about the possibility of establishing different methods of managing a call bank or an appointment system, but these were discarded by the military.
With his statement today, the senator joins the expressions made by the elected legislators Jessie Cortés Ramos, Eladio Cardona and Migdalia González, who made a statement in defense of the population of the western area. “There is a reality that the people of our cities know and that state government agencies do not serve the West as fast as the rest of the country. I cite as an example the recent case of the Department of Labor (DT) and the process of managing unemployment cases due to the pandemic. In May, we publicly called for the establishment of the same service system that DT organized for San Juan and Ponce and it took a month for the system to finally be established at the Isidoro García Stadium in Mayagüez. The Mayagüez-Aguadilla neighborhood also consists of Aguada, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros, Isabela, Las Marías, Moca, Rincón, San Germán and San Sebastián.
In connection with public complaints about out-of-phase health professionals who have been vaccinated because they have had contacts or so-called “shovels,” the senator declined to speculate. “The Department of Health (DS) reported yesterday that it is investigating several allegations of people receiving vaccination against Covid-19, despite the fact that they are not part of the corresponding phase. As an elected legislator for the West, it is my duty to seek first-class services. Although I did not swear, I am already in these positions. It is my duty and vocation “, concluded García Montes.