They deliver a dental chair for the care of young people deprived of liberty |Digital medium The Northern Fox

2022-05-28 04:10:15 By : Ms. Mamie Lai

The instrument was received by the Juvenile Justice Center together with the necessary implementation to be able to carry out permanent dental evaluations and maintain the oral health of adolescents.Guaranteeing timely access to benefits from the health network, by young people who have been in conflict with the law, is one of the priorities of the National Service for Minors (Sename) Atacama.In this context, the organization celebrates and appreciates that the first mobile dental chair in Copiapó has been delivered to the Provisional Hospitalization Center (CIP) and the Closed Regime Center (CRC) of the commune, since it will allow quality with optimal response time for adolescents who remain in the facility serving sentences or precautionary measures.The reception of the dental chair was possible thanks to the collaboration agreement signed between the Municipality of Copiapó and the Atacama Health Service, which promotes the reinforcement of comprehensive health care for children, adolescents and young people linked to the network of Sename programs. and also from the National Service for the Specialized Protection of Children and Adolescents (Best Children).Franco Castillo, director(s) of the CIP-CRC and CSC Copiapó, highlighted this delivery as another milestone in the coordination between Centro, Cesfam and SAR de Paipote."During the pandemic period we had tremendous support from the health team that translated into the development of health protocols, frequent vaccination and taking preventive PCR tests, both for adolescents and for officials," Castillo said.For her part, Claudia Revello, director of the Paipote Family Health Center (Cesfam), agreed with Castillo and added that the intersectoral work between the two centers is very powerful.Likewise, the joint and constant hard work carried out by the CIP-CRC Health Unit, led by the nurse María Alejandra Benavides, has managed initiatives that have facilitated timely and prioritized access to health, and ensure benefits according to the needs of downtown youth.In this sense, the director of Sename Atacama, Carolina Cortés, highlighted precisely the importance of intersectoral management for the benefit of the fundamental rights of network users.“Currently there is the political and technical will that will allow us to achieve direct benefits for adolescents, such as, for example, having access to decent and quality health, and that is extremely important because it is one of the ways to make visible the achievements in terms of youth reintegration”, assured the director.Most of the adolescents had the possibility of receiving their first evaluation in the new dental chair, carried out by the dentist of the Cesfam de Paipote, Dr. Wilson Párraga, who pointed out that this instrument responds to a need of the young people, collected in the medical visits carried out by the entity.“It will be coordinated with the secondary health network to specify the referral to specialties if necessary.The objective of this program is to provide comprehensive dental care and discharge and for that, as a health center, we will carry out monthly evaluations of users who remain in this facility,” said the professional.At the chair delivery ceremony, young people and officials performed songs and musical pieces that they composed and set to music thanks to one of the workshops that are part of their routines aimed at strengthening their social reintegration processes.Shortly after winning the date of the Cross Country Rally World Championship in Abu Dhabi, Francisco "Chaleco" López continues to have news for his followersFrom Thursday, May 26, and for 20 business days, the application for the Bonus for cultural workers is open, an achievement promotedThe Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Nicolás Grau, together with the general manager of Sercotec, Cecilia Schröder, and the SEREMI of Economy ofIMPORTANT!The opinions expressed in this means of communication are the sole responsibility of those who issue them, and do not necessarily represent the thoughts of the northern fox.