IN NOTIGRUPO’S LOCAL NEWS, NEW ATTRACTIONS IN SAN LUIS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT; STATE GOVERNMENT DOES GIVE SUPPORT TO THE MIGRANT’S REFUGE HOME: STATE MIGRANT’S INSTITUTE; CENTRAL HOSPITAL FACILITIES, AT RISK OF COLLAPSE.
San Luis Potosi Historical Downtown District will have new attractions
Patricia Veliz, the city’s Tourism Director informed that there will be a new city Tourism Plan, which will include new opening new recreational establishments and “archeological windows”, to view the tunnels and original city aqueduct found under Guadalupe Avenue (Calzada de Guadalupe).
Veliz emphasized several important projects this second semester of the year, “We’re expecting the Ayuntamiento’s (city government) approval for terraces on streets and alleyways in Downtown”, these terraces are for restaurants to be able to set up tables and serve on certain wide sidewalks.
These projects, she pointed out, have been authorized by Congress. Also, she added that several businessmen have made a bet on beautifying this sector, with excellent hotels in the area, which will make it attractive to Mexican and foreign visitors.
State Government does give support to the “Casa del Migrante” (Migrant’s Refuge Home): State Migrant’s Institute
Enrique Malacara Martínez, State Migrant’s Institute Director said that the government has given the charity Migrant’s Refuge Home a water purifying plant, computers, solar energy equipment, 130 mattresses, 55 bunks, kitchen equipment and more furniture.
He also mentioned that the administration gives the Home food and toilette products, although with the surge of people going through, all this has not been enough.
Because of that situation, Malacara invited potosinos to donate food products like rice, beans, meat, eggs in collection centers located in The Urban Corner, Tecnologico de Monterrey University, state university Engineering School, Schoenstatt (Huehuetlan street 225), and in the Migrant’s Institute and other government offices.
Central Hospital facilities, at risk of collapse
Salvador Duarte, technical adviser of “Hospital Seguro Frente a Desastres” (Safe Hospital when facing a Disaster) program pointed out that the “Ignacio Morones Prieto” Central Hospital facilities, is one of 40 hospitals that are facing large scale risks if hit by a major disaster.
According to Duarte, this is because most health infrastructure is over 50 years old; the Central Hospital, even though it’s undergone modifications and add ons, it has passed, by far, its useful life.
This program of the Civilian Protection Coordination, of the Interior Department (Secretaría de Gobernación), could give the hospital money to be remodeled, including the Specialty Tower, which has been stopped for lack of funding. The Central Hospital is a public hospital that serves hundreds of thousands patients, not only from San Luis Potosi, but from the whole north central “Bajio” region, including parts of Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Nuevo Leon states.
