{"id":3590,"date":"2020-03-16T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-wyden-colleagues-push-veterans-health-administration-for-comprehensive-plans-to-protect-veterans-against-coronavirus-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:59","slug":"merkley-wyden-colleagues-push-veterans-health-administration-for-comprehensive-plans-to-protect-veterans-against-coronavirus-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-colleagues-push-veterans-health-administration-for-comprehensive-plans-to-protect-veterans-against-coronavirus-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Wyden y sus colegas presionan a la Administraci\u00f3n de Salud de Veteranos para que establezca planes integrales para proteger a los veteranos contra el coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Washington DC -<\/b>&nbsp;Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden se unieron a 10 de sus colegas del Senado para presionar al Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) de EE. UU. para garantizar que la agencia est\u00e9 tomando las medidas adecuadas para proteger a quienes sirvieron a nuestra naci\u00f3n de la crisis de salud del coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley codirigi\u00f3 la carta junto con el senador estadounidense Jon Tester (D-MT), miembro de rango del Comit\u00e9 Senatorial de Asuntos de Veteranos.<\/p>\n<p>La carta de los Senadores llega en medio&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/article\/oregon-coronavirus-live-updates-march-15-ski-areas\/\">informes<\/a>&nbsp;que residentes adicionales del Hogar de Veteranos de Oreg\u00f3n en Lebanon, Oreg\u00f3n, dieron positivo por COVID-19, lo que elev\u00f3 el n\u00famero total de personas diagnosticadas en la propiedad a 10 y provoc\u00f3 un cierre total de las instalaciones. Adem\u00e1s, un paciente en el Centro M\u00e9dico de Veteranos de Portland que dio positivo por el virus muri\u00f3 el s\u00e1bado.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEscribimos para solicitar detalles sobre el enfoque de VA para la preparaci\u00f3n ante el coronavirus y c\u00f3mo ha cambiado la respuesta del Departamento. Reconocemos que el brote de COVID-19 es una situaci\u00f3n en evoluci\u00f3n, con un impacto creciente en los EE. UU. y la comunidad mundial, y queremos asegurarnos de que VA tenga todos los recursos necesarios para mantener seguros a los veteranos, el personal y las comunidades\u201d.<b>&nbsp;escribieron los senadores.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Como parte de la \u201cCuarta Misi\u00f3n\u201d de VA, es posible que se solicite al Departamento que brinde atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a las personas que respondan o se vean afectadas por un desastre natural o una emergencia nacional. En su carta, los Senadores solicitaron informaci\u00f3n sobre los esfuerzos de la agencia para aumentar la respuesta y preparaci\u00f3n; coordinar con los gobiernos federal, estatal y local; proporcionar ex\u00e1menes de detecci\u00f3n y atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de calidad; financiaci\u00f3n segura; y mejorar la comunicaci\u00f3n con los veteranos y las Organizaciones de Servicios para Veteranos.<\/p>\n<p>VA es el sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica m\u00e1s grande del pa\u00eds con 172 instalaciones m\u00e9dicas y 1,241 sitios para pacientes ambulatorios, 9 millones de veteranos inscritos y m\u00e1s de 322,000 empleados en todo el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>A Merkley y Wyden se unieron en la carta los senadores Tester (D-MT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Robert Casey (D-PA), Tom Udall (D-NM), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) y Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>El texto completo de la carta est\u00e1 disponible.&nbsp;<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/download\/va-preparedness-covid-19-letter-2020\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash;&nbsp;Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden teamed up with 10 of their Senate colleagues to push the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the agency is taking appropriate measures to protect those who served our nation from thecoronavirus health crisis. 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