Sâo Paulo governor announces 300-bed field hospital on Navy ship to serve natural disaster victims
The governor of São Paulo, Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas, announced today a field hospital with 300 beds to serve the victims of the rain that hit cities on the northern coast of São Paulo.
The hospital will start operating on Thursday, Feb. 23r. According to Freitas; the hospital will work on a Navy ship.
“There will be 21 health professionals from various specialties, orthopedics, traumatology, general practice, psychiatrists,” said the governor. ”
“So, we can do this medical care freeing up hospital capacity.”
According to Tarcisio, the service at the Navy field hospital will relieve the local public health system. “We will be able to do this medical care freeing up hospital capacity,” observed the governor.
Freitas also asked tourists in the region because of Carnaval to return to their cities to “relieve the pressure” on local services.
“The recommendation for people today is for those who are part of this floating population, those who came here to spend Carnival, to start retracting,” the governor asked.
“We have to take advantage of the climatic condition, that the weather is favorable. We can’t lose that window of time.”
“The more people get out, the better because it relieves the pressure.”
In addition to the field hospital, 180 Marines are helping the Civil Defense in the search for survivors and bodies.
DEATH TOLL 47
The death toll from heavy rains that hit the Brazilian state of São Paulo coast has risen from 40 to 47, while the number of missing persons is still around 40, official sources said today.
The hardest-hit area is the municipality of São Sebastião, where 43 deaths have been reported in what is already considered “one of the biggest tragedies in the history” of the region, which endured a record level of rainfall in the country, with more than 680 millimeters in 24 hours.
The other death was registered in the city of Ubatuba.
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