Heavy rain in Iquitos The Cesar Garayar García Hospital was flooded and affected critical areas such as the neonatal intensive care unit, maternity hospital and obstetrics centre.
According to medical workers, the accumulated water also poses a serious risk of electrical short circuits, endangering the safety of patients and workers.
Faced with the emergency, hospital staff took improvised measures to mitigate the damage: they placed buckets to collect water and moved newborns to safer areas.
Iquitos: Heavy rain affected the roof of the hospital, flooding the delivery area and neonatal intensive care room. City streets were flooded and some towns were left without electricity.
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Doctors and patients’ relatives called on the regional government to take immediate action, including building a new hospital and improving existing health centres.
On the other hand, Director General of the Loreto Regional Government, Javier Shubingahua Tanghua, confirmed that inspections are already underway to assess the damage.
In addition, it announced repair work at damaged facilities, including cleaning gutters and mailboxes, and remodeling damaged rooms.
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