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Homeless Left on Their Own Amid Extreme Heat
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As temperatures and heat indexes in Puerto Rico continue to break records, the homeless population struggles to survive on the streets with no government action plan in place.
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Study reveals air exposure and high concentration of carcinogen in Guánica residents
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A University of Miami research found a carcinogenic contaminant in the blood samples of 86% of the people who participated in the study. It is also the first confirmation that the chemical substance is also in the air.
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‘A Dangerous Future:’ Climate Change Predicts a Bleak Global Outlook if Left Unaddressed
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The indicators of climate change and its effects on the life and health of populations continue to be ignored by many governments, warned Luciana Blanco Villafuerte, Lancet Countdown Latin America researcher.
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Government of Puerto Rico Let Debt with HIMA’s Owners Rack Up for Almost 50 Years
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The bankruptcy filed by Grupo HIMA under Chapter 11 for reorganization is around $500 million. While these debts grew, politicians or members of their families were hired by the company.
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The Tech-Cartel that Rules in the Puerto Rico Department of Health
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A small tech company called SupportPR, owned by a donor and collaborator of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, has controlled and set the hiring guidelines for tech jobs at the Department of Health since the pandemic that has exceeded $144 million.
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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.
