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Merida.- “They were not hungry, but for two months she was emotionally unbalanced.” They are statements from a neighbor of the couple elderly found by firefighters of Merida the past sunday january 23 in his apartment. The 74-year-old woman was dead from a heart attack. He, 83 years old and a retired professor from the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), had severe dehydration and He is being held at the University Hospital of Los Andes.
the whistle He spoke by telephone this Tuesday, January 25, with a neighbor who had known the couple for 22 years. Ensures that the deceased Ysbelia Coromoto Hernandez Romero, was a very active woman, who went out on the street every day and actively participated in the affairs of the Los Sauces residence condominium, where they had both lived for approximately 40 years. However, his mental and emotional health began to show signs of deterioration two months ago.
“The last time the neighbors saw her leave the apartment was on Thursday (January 20). The next day, when we didn’t see her go out anymore, we communicated several times with Professor Pedro (her partner), but he told us that she had gone out to buy some things. In fact, the firefighters contacted him on Sunday at three in the morning and he told them that she had gone to market. The next morning, at about eleven o’clock, was when the firefighters were able to enter the apartment, “says the neighbor.
“They weren’t hungry”
The source with whom you spoke the whistle ensures that the couple was not hungry. Although both were workers at the ULA —he as a professor and she as an employee of a dependency located in the administrative building of this institution, whose salaries do not exceed 10 dollars a month—, some relatives helped them financially.
«They did not have children together, because each one was previously married to other couples. She had a daughter who lives in Spain and a niece who is in Caracas. He has four children, two who are abroad and two who live in Caracas. One of them has been in communication with some neighbors here. In fact, he asked us to please someone to take care of the situation, but we did not agree because that is very delicate. We know that a relative of hers is the one who is taking charge, “says the couple’s close friend.
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emotional imbalance
Regarding the physical and mental health of both elderly, the neighbor reports that the teacher Pedro Jose Salinas He has some physical limitations due to his age and he hardly ever left the apartment. It was she who was in charge of going out to buy food, medicine and whatever they needed. However, for a couple of months the neighbors began to notice an emotional imbalance in her.
«In December she even went to the meeting we held to re-elect the condominium board, but for about a month we had noticed that she was very nervous. He was not emotionally well. We do not know if it was due to the fact that the professor’s health was increasingly limited due to his age. She was very helpful here in the condominium and a very active woman. He went out up to five or seven times a day”, recalls this neighbor.
ULA Support
The president of the Association of Professors of the ULA (Apula), Virgilio Castillo, published on Twitter on January 25 that the Teachers’ Welfare Institute (IPP), the entity in charge of managing the medical insurance of the professors of this institution, is supporting Professor Pedro Salinas.
“We regret the dramatic situation of Professor Salinas, consequence of the destruction of wages and the social security promoted by the government against university students. Through the APULA and the IPP, we are giving him all our union support,” Castillo wrote.
False information circulates on social networks about the alleged death of Professor Pedro Salinas. A medical source from the Los Andes University Hospital informed the whistle the afternoon of this January 25 that his health is progressing satisfactorily in this care center.
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