Aug
20
2020

More than 12.000 victims were treated during the month of July in Magdalena Medio

The municipalities with the highest number of victims attended were Barrancabermeja, Cimitarra and San Pablo.

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A total of 12.679 victims attended the Unit virtually or by phone during the month of July 2020 in the Magdalena Medio region.

According to Amparo Chicué Cristancho, Magdalena Medio territorial director of the entity, through the care strategies created as a result of the health emergency, in that region 11 telephone lines have been enabled and work is also done through the 3CX tool.

According to the official, “the municipalities in the jurisdiction of this territorial direction with the highest number of victims attended in July were, from the department of Santander, Barrancabermeja (5.962), Cimitarra (1.263) and Puerto Wilches (1.239), while in San Pablo (Bolívar) 1.261 were attended”.

Likewise, the territorial director of the Unit assured that in the same month 30.526 requests were received and four days of attention were carried out in the same number of municipalities, in which 226 victims were attended and 368 requests were received.

(End/CMC/LMY)