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Marina del Pilar encourages protection due to high temperatures in Baja California

With support from hydration spots and specialized medical care in shelters and community centers, the state government is looking to prevent ailments in families’ health

Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, the governor of Baja California, kicked off a strategy whose goal is to take care of people due to the increase in temperatures that is being experienced in Baja California. This with support of a hydration plan and the permanent promotion of recommendations and strengthening of the health sector to treat vulnerable people.

Marina del Pilar stated that, through the Secretariat of Health, several hydration spots were installed for all people who need it, especially vulnerable people such as children and seniors.

All health centers have been provided with hydration drink Vida Suero Oral provisions and drinking water, so that any person who reaches these places can be aided. This can really make a difference if there is heat stroke.

"Our priority is to prevent dehydration in children, seniors, people with diseases, and generally speaking, people who require prioritized assistance, such as immigrants,” the state governor said.

As such, she highlighted the work by the Secretariat of Health who tour immigrant shelters and provide personalized care to families who are sheltered there, providing them with wellbeing and appropriate conditions, as well as permanent support for people managing these shelters.

On the other hand, she highlighted the job of DIF Baja California in the city of Mexicali, as all Centers of Family Development have become community hydration spots, as the state capital is the municipality with the highest temperatures, reaching around 50°C (122°F) during this midsummer heat.

So far, Mexicali’s community centers have provided 727 instances of aid of this kind, working in close coordination with the Secretariat of Health led by José Adrián Medina Amarillas. He invited people who are able to do so to donate water bottles at the collection center in Avenida Mineros #345 in Colonia Industrial from 8 AM to 5 PM, in order to strengthen this collection and give them to people who are unable to get water on their own.

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