Wednesday 12 December 2007

27) Gomera / Canary Islands

Health performs works of improvement and adaptation in the unit for 25,000 euros Dentistry - The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands government, through the Health Services Management Area Health of La Gomera, has made improvement and adaptation works in the current Unit Dentistry, enabling thereby expand the capacity of intervention this specialty, both in the dental and nursing with a consequent benefit to the citizens of the island.
The unit, located in the old Health Center of San Sebastian, has been with this initiative, the possibility of improving clinical equipment such as new equipment dental extraction adding pieces to existing, new equipment sterilization, carriage of cardiac arrest , among others.
It also creates a new space for administrative development and management fully computerized that allows access to computerized analytical and from the Service Laboratory Hospital Our Lady of Guadeloupe.
From the Health Services Management, believes that since the Unit, which serves approximately over 1,741 adults each year, go with it, improved and guaranteed care, allowing health professionals to work with greater safety and quality.
On the other hand, and from the Management warranted improvements and adaptations, are also supported by the importance of Oral Health Program that takes place in schools. The intervention through this program, affects about 677 children each school year, that program because of its importance and deployment on the island, has enabled significant changes thanks to the preventive treatment to address problems in caries, as well as treatments made in gums.
Another aspect that is served after the improvements, is the promotion of oral health education through various lectures and symposia organized by professionals such unit in schools on the island, whose goal is to get themselves acquiring school hygiene habits and a healthy diet continue to cooperate in maintaining the health of the same.
To that end, the Management, has valued the importance of the unit can also provide new units of the existing training in the same center, with the technical elements and pedagogical enabling or facilitating the work of professionals.
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It is not exactly the geographical origin of the most important news of this post, what matters Rather, they see how it is out there for the authorities see the need for oral health as a priority investment, trying to ensure that service to the entire population.
For now, we are still far from satisfy the needs of the population. Until when? Are the authorities have not yet grasped the urgent need to respond to this public health problem? I hope that, somehow, with this Blog draw the attention of national public opinion that this problem needs urgent resolution in our country.
Gerofil

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