Actualidad

LUMA no cumple con lo que dice su plan para emergencias

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OROCOVIS — En el barrio Bauta Abajo en Orocovis no se ven cables del tendido eléctrico ni postes en el suelo. Pero a 12 días del azote del huracán Fiona, que produjo inundaciones devastadoras en el suroeste de Puerto Rico, las 1,308 personas que residen en este barrio batallan contra el ciclón del aislamiento y la falta de energía. Son las dos menos cinco de la tarde del primer sábado de octubre y el ruido de una pequeña planta eléctrica de 2,000 vatios obliga a doña Plácedes Virgen Collazo Colón a levantar la voz. Tiene 71 años, es paciente de obesidad mórbida y llama a su esposo para que la ayude a coger un pequeño envase donde están sus medicinas. El movimiento, en teoría, es fácil.

Centro de Periodismo Investigativo

El camino del agua

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Limary González enfrenta cada semana el reto de garantizar el servicio de agua para 400 familias en Jayuya. Con pocos recursos económicos y exponiendo su vida en una arriesgada travesía a pie, administra el acueducto comunitario del barrio Zamas, uno de 242 acueductos que operan de manera formal en Puerto Rico.

electricity dependent patient
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo

Puerto Rico Health Dept. Repeats Hurricane Maria’s Mistakes During Fiona with Patients Who Depend on Electricity

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The day before Hurricane Fiona made landfall, Petra Rodríguez tried to turn on the power generator she had just bought, but it arrived damaged. She needed electricity to power the electric pump with which she feeds her 93-year-old mother, who is bedridden, and to operate the adjustable bed and inflatable mattress, which keep her from getting ulcers. Rodríguez (a fictitious name to protect her identity) recalled that she had received days before an announcement about a registry of people with special needs from the Municipality of San Juan in her mailbox. The woman registered her mother in the program that proactively offered her shelter and medical staff, before the disaster. On Sunday, September 18, when Hurricane Fiona caused a general blackout in Puerto Rico, the shelter she went to immediately turned on the power plant and her mother was able to operate her medical equipment.

Chequéalo PR

[FACT CHECK] Secretary of Health Carlos Mellado: “You must remember that those hospitals are private.”

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The DS is responsible for licensing, inspecting and supervising all hospitals, ensuring that their physical plant meets the safety standards required by Act 101 on Health Facilities and the Health Secretary’s Regulations for the Construction, Operation, Maintenance and Licensing of Hospitals in Puerto Rico.