Doctors recommend focusing citizen support on donating money to NGOs that are already working in the area

VALENCIA (EP). The College Medical Group (OMC) issued a statement last Saturday in which they recommend the population Focus on helping those affected by Dana by donating money to NGOs and associations who are already working in the field, following the general recommendations of the Emergency Coordination Center.

Therefore, from the corporation, and according to the general recommendations of the Emergency Coordination Center, Stockpiling of food and supplies in other parts of the country for spontaneous movement is discouraged and uncoordinated towards the Community.

“Although we know that these initiatives arise from good will and solidarity, the truth is that they usually generate overload, saturation and even collapse of local response mechanisms – the his reasons -. At this time, the movement of emergency teams is essential, and that is made difficult by spontaneous caravans and vans from other parts of the country.”

For this reason, he reiterates that “the most recommended action is to give money to NGOs and associations that are already working in the area, and have a good knowledge of the places where they can turn this financial support into effective and efficient help for those affected. “

“From the WTO we want to thank the solidarity and cooperation of citizens and health professionals that have always been shown – he concludes -. From the corporate we will continue to work to offer, based on the evolution of events, different powerful, effective cooperation options. and coordinated with the rest of the actors involved in this tragedy.

The general council, which expresses its deep solidarity with all those affected and expresses its pain at the number of deaths, recalls that it has experienced professionals in Emergency working directly in Valencia and other areas affected by the floods, “already starting early response methods and ending the great needs for mental and emotional support that both consumers and health system professionals who are already caring for them.