On Tuesday morning, two nurses from the Ministry of Health (Minsa) were victims of an assault during a home visit in Mangomarcain the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. This district, like 13 others, has been declared in a state of emergency due to the increase in extortion and murders perpetrated by criminal organizations.
According to the images captured by the security cameras, the health personnel were at the door of the house where they were going to provide care when a man, dressed in a black cap and a red jacket, approached and pointed a firearm at them. fire, and then take the professionals’ belongings.
After snatching their bags, the criminal got on a linear motorcycle and fled the scene. Although the victims were not injured, the incident has raised concerns among health workers carrying out home visits in the district.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Health, the brigade attacked this Tuesday was from Mangomarca Health Centerwhile, as part of a vaccination campaign, he visited house to house to inoculate the measles vaccine.
“Unfortunately, this type of situation has occurred in different community campaigns, so the Minsa once again condemns these events and expresses its solidarity with the affected personnel, who have already filed a report regarding the theft of their personal belongings,” he says.
Likewise, he reported that coordination has been reinforced with the National Police of Peru and with community leaders to accompany the brigades, with the aim of strengthening the security of personnel. Finally, a call was made to the population to collaborate with the national measles vaccination sweep, for which health brigades are carrying out home visits nationwide.
The institution run by Dr. Josefa Vásquez Ceballos He urged the authorities, mainly the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santivañez, and the mayors, to safeguard the nursing staff who carry out the vaccination, since in the last two days two vaccination brigades have been targeted by criminals.
“We do not feel the protection of the authorities during these intense days, the members of the order are being attacked by criminals who are lying in wait in order to attack those whose purpose is to protect the population,” reads the statement published on their website. platforms.
So far this week, two groups in charge of vaccination against these diseases were robbed of their belongings by armed assailants in San Juan de Lurigancho, according to the CEP note. “This type of event not only puts the integrity of our health professionals at risk but also compromises the progress of our vaccination campaigns, which are essential for the protection of the population,” the statement said.
“We ask the government to prioritize the public interest and implement effective measures that stop the growing citizen insecurity, which affects the basic conditions of peaceful coexistence and the fundamental rights of all citizens,” he concludes.
The mayor of the jurisdiction, Jesús Maldonado, pointed out to the president’s government Dina Boluarte for not being able to offer citizens a plan that effectively guarantees their securitystating that the same mistakes are being made as during the previous state of emergency, which covered three districts.
“I have the impression that they are repeating the same mistakes and the same symptoms of the first emergency declaration,” he commented on the 2024 program on Panamericana TV.
Likewise, he pointed out that the Executive It does not share its plans with local governments, so it does not know what strategies are implemented in this state of emergency. In your opinion, this declaration will have the same results as the previous one.
“Before the declaration of emergency that we are experiencing, there were only three districts, to do things well, to order things, but nothing worked and today there are more districts where we do not have the logistical and operational capacity. , and the worst of all is that there is no plan, there is no strategy. If there were, we would already know, we would already have an idea of what is going to be done in these first days that it began, we are already closing the week and we do not know exactly how we are going to finish after 60 days,” he remarked.