Academic authorities received members of the PDI Investigative Police organization, who made a donation of air conditioning for the Hospital Mayor of the Chillán Campus of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
The initiative came to fruition after officials from the Antofagasta PDI, specifically from the Environment and Cultural Heritage Brigade, found out about the impact that the forest fires were causing in this area.
In this sense, the regional coordinator of the Ñuble PDI Family Support Corporation (CORAFAM) María Olga Alarcón, explained that “we were a channel of support and a link to materialize this initiative that arose from our colleagues in Antofagasta, who In addition, some of them are veterinarians, and they were moved by the impact that the recent fires had on the animals”.
For his part, the deputy chief of the Environment and Cultural Heritage Brigade, Commissioner Tomás Silva, indicated that “as a veterinarian I know that in this type of situation what is left over are hands and what is missing are inputs, for this reason we We quickly mobilized and received contributions from colleagues from Calama, Tocopilla, Antofagasta and we even held a raffle to achieve this donation, which is of the utmost importance to treat burned animals that require cool places to carry their burns.”
Finally, the director of the Hospital Mayor, Dr. Ignacio Cabezas, valued the donation made by PDI officials. “It is noteworthy that CORAFAM-PDI immediately made itself available to support the work that was being carried out in the hospital with highly complex patients, its donation being very relevant to improve the controlled environment conditions in our units, which directly benefited the comfort of sick horses”.
