During the first eight months of this year, officers of the local police have made 2,510 humanitarian services related to health care interventions that citizens who require urgent help from an accident, illness, loss, falls correspond ...
According to the councilor, Lola Sanchez is "a work of police assistance, but is little known, itself is an important support to citizens in such situations when more specifically the assistance is needed."
Sanchez added that "these interventions demonstrate the vocation of our local police and commitment to citizenship."
Thus, agents pay attention first and then refers you to specialized services such as social services, counseling, health ...
In most cases these are situations that have to be addressed urgently as assistance in the streets or in homes.
At other times, citizens seeking help for which they are east and go to the local police services.
These 2,510 humanitarian interventions are divided into the following:
* Location and Search disoriented elderly who can not find his home, lost Alzheimer's patients and children: Total: 1,025
* Support for sick people at home: Total: 388.
* Assistance for mentally ill persons: Total: 86.
* Assistance to people who have suffered a fall in the street, ailments, dizziness ... Total: 325.
* Assistance to intoxicated persons: Total: 156.
* Assistance to people sleeping on the street (pedestrians and homeless), providing transfer to Jesus Forsaken, Social Services .... Total: 98.
* Assistance to people in distress, destitute or neglected;
mainly:
Sick elderly, disabled and who are alone at home, with poor hygiene and other shortcomings.
Total: 156.
Minor in distress and temporarily unprotected: Total: 120.
* Transfer to sick people to hospital when injuries permit and no ambulances available.
Total: 156.
These actions include the one made by two officers had to intervene when an elderly person who had left his home in Sewell reaching Murcia, gave inconsistent answers, locating and transferring it to the family home.
On another occasion, in the Sierra Miravete, the Ecological Patrol located and rescued a child lost in the bush;
It is given to their parents.
Similarly, in another case, the local police noticed a elderly for help from the balcony of the third floor, manifiestando being sick and not being able to open the door to re-enter the house.
his caretaker, who takes care of it is located.
On another occasion, a doctor who cares for mentally ill aggressive requested collaboration for the ambulance with the patient is accompanied to the Reina Sofia Hospital.
Another case is the attention a child who was crying on the balcony of his house, locked up and alone, and one that was wandering down a highway at dawn, alone and half-naked.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia