Neiva: alarm for explosions in La Toma avenue - Other Cities - Colombia

A human source that provided key information to the authorities made it possible to locate and control some packages with explosives that were abandoned by unknown persons on La Toma avenue, in the vicinity of the University Hospital of Neiva, Huila.

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With this timely information, Police and Army personnel arrived at the scene with special equipment to control at least 8 packages or cylinders containing explosives combined with black powder.

Faiver Hoyos Hernández, Secretary of the Government of Neiva, stated that “an informant provided information to the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office, and from there an operation was put together that culminated in the deactivation.”

“We send a message of calm and confidence to the city, since the authorities work in an articulated manner,” said the official.

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An informant provided information to the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office

Colonel Diego Fernando Vásquez, commander of the Police in Neiva, pointed out that “after closing the affected area we managed to control the situation”.

He added that the explosives lacked electrical systems, which presumes that they would be activated manually.

Colonel Juan Pablo Bahamón, commander of the Tenerife Battalion, assured that in the midst of the operation it is important “to encourage the participation of the community, since thanks to their information we were able to locate the explosives and control this situation.”

For now, the authorities have no clues about the groups that would be behind these events when there are only a few days left for the elections to be held on March 13.

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Winter avalanches cause alarm in Nariño - Other Cities - Colombia

The overflow of the Las Brisas stream due to a torrential downpour keeps the inhabitants of the municipality of San Pablo, north of Nariño, on high alert.

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The anguished residents from social networks show impressive videos, in which you can see how the streets and avenues of the town became real rivers.

The force of the waters that run along the roads is such that vehicles, motorcycles and even defenseless stray dogs were dragged along.

The rains broke out during the afternoon hours of this Friday and lasted until night, for which its inhabitants were forced to lock themselves in their houses to evacuate the water that entered them through doors and windows.

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Among the neighborhoods most affected by the winter emergency are Los Jardines, Villa Cristina, Balcones del Mayo and San Miguel.

The waters entered the facilities of the San Carlos Hospital, where some patients had to be transferred to other safer rooms.

The relief agencies have been helpless when dealing with the avalanches, while the authorities of the Local Committee for Risk Management declared the highest alert, given the probability that the rains will continue and the situation will worsen even more.

At least 50 affected families in the urban area have already been transferred to the coliseum and the school, where they will surely have to spend the night of this Friday.

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San Pablo is a distant town about 4 hours from the city of Pasto and relief agencies from nearby municipalities such as La Unión, La Cruz and Belén have traveled to attend to the serious emergency.

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Barranquilla sets off the alarm for dengue cases - Barranquilla - Colombia

The latest reports on dengue cases in Barranquilla account for 598 cases, of which 11 correspond to severe dengue. The southwestern town reports the highest number of cases with 32.17%.

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Given this scenario, the District initiated actions in the neighborhoods with the highest number of cases, including Citadel July 20Rebolo, La Luz, El Bosque, Carrizal, Simón Bolívar, El Santuario, El Ferry, Las Nieves, La Manga and El Recreo.

These actions include inspection of homes, inspection of water tanks in search of mosquito breeding sites, days of collection of unusable and fumigations.

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Educational workshops with the communities in the neighborhoods and house-to-house visits are also included. In addition to preventive measures such as: housing reviewcollection of unusable items that can store water.

According to the District report, 5,818 homes have been inspected, of which 95 have found mosquito breeding sites. Aedes aegypti. Health authorities have inspected 20,976 water reservoirs and eliminated 95 mosquito breeding sites.

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To date, five prevention events have been carried out and 13,002 have been impacted with training and guidance. Likewise, 204 indoor fumigations and 233 follow-up telephone calls have been made.

Recommendations to deal with dengue

Maintain clean the house.
Wash the deposits clean water.
flip or eliminate tanks or elements where clean water accumulates.
Check inside and outside the house for possible mosquito breeding sites.
Install anjeos on doors and windows.
Go to the doctor if you have symptoms.
ventilate spaces closed inside houses where mosquitoes can stay

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Alarm of the Governor of the Valley due to the intervention of EPS - Cali - Colombia

Last Wednesday, February 2, the Health Superintendency took possession of Emssanar EPS in the face of the deteriorating financial situation and the increase in guardianships and complaints from patients with chronic diseases (cancer and HIV).

Governor Clara Luz Roldán González asked the national government for support for the department in the face of the effects of that takeover.

On February 1, Supersalud ordered the liquidation of EPS Coomeva. Political sectors wonder if the crisis of these entities is only experienced in the department.

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“It is with great concern that we received the notification from the Superintendence of Health about the intervention of Emssanar due to the impact that a possible liquidation of this entity could bring to the public network of hospitals in the Valley. Health Promotion Entity (EPS)”, pointed out the president.

In this sense, he made a call to the Superintendency of Health and the Ministry of Health “to protect all our public hospital networkto which it owes more than 170,000 million pesos, given the risk of liquidation of this EPS”.

The Supersalud took possession of Emssanar for two months in a first phase and appointed Juan Manuel Quiñones Pinzón as special agent. At the time, he ordered the separation of the manager and the board of directors of the entity.

With great concern we received the notification of @Superhealth about the intervention in Emssanar, due to the impact that it can bring to the public network of hospitals in the Valley, a possible liquidation of this EPS. pic.twitter.com/52l8dxfH6K

– Clara Luz Roldán González (@ClaraLuzRoldan) February 4, 2022

María Cristina Lesmes, Secretary of Health of the Valley

Emssanar, with 1.9 million affiliates in .9 million users in the departments of Valle del Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo and Cauca, faced losses of $342,180 million between January and November 2021.

Liabilities amount to 1.3 trillion pesos. 78,940 petitions, complaints, claims and petitions have been filed.

The Departmental Secretary of Health, María Cristina Lesmes, asserted that the immediate takeover of EPS Emssanar “is a national decision that we abide by”

However, he noted that “as the Ministry we are going to request the Guarantee Fund that allows us to recover resources that have been used to serve the members of these companies that are being liquidated.”

The official warned that the liquidation of this EPS “would mean a financial crisis for the department’s Public and Private Health Network that we are not ready to attend to.”

For Dr. Lesmes, possession of Emssanar gives a stab to the department’s public health network.

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