The DANA from last week In Valencia it has hit with greater or lesser force all links in the agri-food chain, which is trying to recover as best it can and collaborate to meet the basic needs of the population.
The damage to the agricultural sector They are classified as “catastrophic” by the sector and range from crops still pending harvest (especially citrus fruits, persimmons, vegetables and avocados) to the loss of entire farms, infrastructure, roads, boundaries, farms, nurseries, machinery and vehicles.
In the cattle raising, There are thousands of dead animals that are being removed from pig, sheep, horse and poultry farms to avoid risks to public health; and there is the added problem of bringing food to farms that have been cut off.
In the Albufera natural park (València), converted into a waste dump, the activity of the fishermen.
Many of them have been made available to the Civil Guard as volunteers, although they demand help to recover their way of life as soon as possible and have an income.
The unions warn that the storm has also had an impact on the industry of handling, with many warehouses and plants damaged, while the damage continues to be assessed and work is being done to restart the facilities.
The carriers They denounce that the hundreds of thousands of vehicles damaged by dana have not been included in the aid and demand specific permanent corridors and more hourly coverage to attend to the supply chain.
As for the distributionthere are affected establishments and some logistics platforms, not just food, with greater and lesser degrees of affectation, which will be put back into operation as the reconstruction of the rest of the damaged infrastructure progresses.
DANA has also damaged nearly a thousand businesses in hospitality of the Valencian Country, who may request direct aid, guarantees from the ICO and ERTE due to force majeure.
Patricia: “We take care of listening to what you need and passing that information to the health center”
Furthermore, in Valencia they have been working in the streets for days, asking those who look out from their balconies and sweeping homes to check that those who have not been able to contact medical centers can have their health needs covered. Patricia and Marta, a nurse and assistant from Barcelona, warn EFE: “The next thing that will be greatly needed are psychologists.”
Until now, his work, together with his colleagues who have arrived in Valencia to work as volunteers in different locations affected by the DANAhas been focused on caring, above all, for chronic patients (syndrome, diabetes, ulcers…) who cannot now be provided with care from health centers.
“We look for people who have not yet been able to contact their doctor and we take care of listening to what they need and passing that information to the health center,” explains Patricia, who adds that follow-up in this type of patient It’s basic.
They combine this task with attending to those who stop them on the street because they see their uniform and ask them to treat, for example, a cut or an infected wound, something that happens because “there is sewage and people may touch their faces after taking off dusty boots or wiping sweat with dirty hands,” leading to rashes and gastroenteritis, as well as respiratory problems.
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