A couple of videos on social networks have generated great surprise, since they show various copies of mapaches “invading” various areas of the ISSSTE General Hospital in Tampico, generating chaos as they walk through corridors, offices and rooms in the midst of patients, doctors and nurses.
Nosocomial authorities assure that they seek to eradicate the presence of these specimens, since their presence implies health risks and contamination of this space intended for patient care.
In the clips, some of these animals are seen climbing the niche lamps, while those present run away somehow scared.
#Viral | Raccoons go to consult ISSSTE
In Tampico, a group of raccoons, which abound in the city, sneaked into an ISSSTE hospital, which unleashed chaos among doctors and nurses, as well as medical personnel who were surprised. pic.twitter.com/onmKIemGdb
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“I believe that it is not going to be achieved (eradicate the problem) it is a problem of many years, it is not just now (…) Right now it is mating season and they have up to six offspring, we have to understand the animal to be able to contain it” , were the recent statements that the director of the ISSSTE hospital, Luis Miguel Rodriguezaddressed the press.
In this sense, it was revealed that the Hospital Internal Protection Committee, made up of workers from all areas, will launch actions aimed at reducing the presence of these specimens.
“Here they are free, they do not have predators and they have food everywhere, we are next to a shopping center; they go, eat there and go to the hospital,” Rodríguez said.
Doctors who work in the hospital are already being trained by the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection, to capture these specimens, which must be taken to a safe space so that they can complete their reproductive cycle.
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