The Mobile Emergency and Social Assistance Service of the City of Murcia (SEMAS) last night made a new departure from the 'Cold Operation', homeless care device because of the low temperatures.
In total, 11 people (9 men and 2 women) were attended, of which seven are Spanish, two Moroccans and a Guinean.
They were given eleven hot drinks, two sleeping bags and five blankets.
The areas that were covered were the Barrio del Carmen, Infante, Gran Via, San Basilio, Santa María de Gracia, bullring, La Paz, Fame, Plano de San Francisco, Centro Zone, Santa Eulalia and San Juan, Lieutenant Flomesta , Malecon, and train station.
The components of the device are permanently alert but when the temperature drops below 5 degrees the output becomes more exhaustive, providing an information, attention, accompaniment and delivery service for hot drinks, food, sleeping bags or blankets to serve people without home that are in extreme situations, trying to promote their social integration.
Thus, SEMAS travels through the streets, gardens, ATMs and garden areas of the municipality, providing assistance to people who sleep on public roads and need it, to whom blankets, sleeping bags, raincoats, hot drinks, etc., according to the needs of each case.
Depending on the specific circumstances of each person, different resources are also offered, such as the transfer to the center of the Abandoned Jesus Foundation or to the RAIS Foundation, other accommodations, or hospital centers, if necessary, in addition to monitoring .
The Mobile Emergency and Social Assistance Service, composed of social workers from the City Council and Local Police agents, depends on the Department of Social and Family Rights, which Pilar Torres directs.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia