The aid these days has mainly a direction and that is the territories of the Valencian Community affected, just a week ago, by the DANA. Donations of food and products that the Valencian people need the most are going there, but the needs are not only material. For this reason, and to cover some of them, the Foundation of the Illustrious Official College of Physicians of Madrid (ICOMEM) has decided to collaborate by offering free online consultations for people affected by the DANA.
The initiative is set out in a communiqué issued on Monday, November 4, in which they inform that they are preparing a register of volunteer doctors to provide this service through a telemedicine platform.
The registration form can be found at this link and, they point out, “will be activated when feasible due to the current connectivity problems in several affected areas”.
Other ICOMEM initiatives to help those affected.
In addition to this free online consultation service, there are also two other actions with which they want to collaborate from their field: “We are especially concerned about the situation of the populations that are still isolated, the medical care of the most vulnerable people, the chronically ill, mental health care and access to medicines”.
To channel this desire for help and urgent medical assistance in the areas most devastated by the floods, they have made available to professionals an official channel, coordinated exclusively by the Regional Ministry of Health of the Valencian Community, for all medical and health volunteers who can attend in person to those who need it. Registration can be done here.
Finally, at the headquarters of the ICOMEM Foundation (Calle Santa Isabel, 51) they have set up a collection point for medical supplies. With all this, they conclude, “The doctors of Madrid want to join in this social action so typical of our identity. Let us take advantage of this opportunity to put, once again, medicine to the rescue of the human being“.
Donations from Madrid
If you would like to make a donation for those affected, you can consult the points set up for this purpose in this article.