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Tumbes Regional Hospital on Verge of Collapse (Spanish) Health in Tumbes is going through a serious situation, which has intensified after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The lack of specialists is the most critical issue that the hospital is going through. After all the personnel and equipment will be transferred from the Hospital built in Ciudadela Noe to the old infrastructure of the hospital, the problems have been increasing, since the walls have presented cracks that every day suggests that they are going to collapse.  The damaged stretchers and equipment of some units are found cornered in the hospital corridors, waiting to be repaired or simply discharged, regardless of their value for each patient who arrives to be treated.  The ambulances lie far from the sight of the public, obsolete and without proper maintenance by the Regional Health Directorate. In the COVID area, relatives of patients report power cuts, which endanger the lives of their loved ones.  Ad...

Four Out of Ten Households in Tumbes Have Access to Basic Services (Spanish) Jairo Roque The COVID-19 pandemic not only exposed the precarious situation of the health system in our country, but also strongly affected the political sector, human development, and the economic situation of Peruvian households. Proof of this, for example, is that in 2021 it was determined that more than eight million Peruvians found themselves in a situation of national poverty. In the case of Tumbes, according to INEI data, 19% of households were in a situation of total poverty. According to the Tumbes Bicentennial Observatory, in relation to access to basic services in the region, this is higher than the pre-pandemic average. Only 38% of homes in Tumbes have access to water, electrification, sanitation, mobile telephones, and the Internet. Even so, there is room for significant improvement in closing the gaps to basic services. For example, in the specific case of access to water 24 hours a day, in Tumbe...