The International Sanitary Control, in Carúpano Port, has always been very rigorous, but now in the context of the Covid-19, one of the border points of the province of Las Tunas, the demand transcends and assumes other procedures that go beyond the common ones.
Puerto Padre, Las Tunas - Commercial operations do not stop, it is vital for the economy to import and export. The arrival of a ship in the last hours demands what has been described in plans to confront the new coronavirus.
One of the boats of Puerto Padre transfers a young doctor and the official of the Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology; they are the first ones in boarding the ship, with them the captain, who is in charge of the marine maneuver. The three of them have a special assignment off-shore.
The young specialist in Integral General Medicine, from the health area of the Rafael Izquierdo polyclinic, in Delicias, is
the doctor chosen for the important mission. Andy Álvarez Reynaldo knows the responsibility very well, he assumes it out of duty and commitment to life.
His eight years of practice exalt a mission in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; but the assignment of the voyage to the immense blue, the boarding of the ship by cat ladder, the application of the quick tests to the foreign crew, the advice of the good mother and the protection measures have a greater connotation in his walk of a doctor.
For naval engineer Adel Antonio Ramírez Blanes, in his eight years as a sailor in Carúpano, the maneuvers are risky. In front of the COVID-19 he is not the first to board the ship, as is always the case, but he feels very responsible for the medical staff that accompany him.
When talking about his job, he specifies that he is a pilot in a specific place due to the characteristics of the bays at the entrance to ports.
Jorge Luis Betancourt, from the International Health Control at the Municipal Centre for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, starts off, acknowledging the responsibility he has taken on.
Out at sea, Andy, Jorgito and Adel join in a challenge for life; as witnesses, the crew of the boat and the ship to be transferred to the port.
On land, a whole device awaits in case their collaboration is needed. The operation is a success. Congratulations, the results of the rapid tests are negative.
About five hours later the ship docks at the Bulk Sugar Shipping Terminal, the applause seals the day. Andy Álvarez Reynaldo, Jorge Luis Betancourt and Adel Antonio Ramírez Blanes return home, with caution these days. They are the makers of a story that guarantees the tranquility of the port in its commercial operations.
WORKING AT CARÚPANO PORT, A FACT
Jorge Mauteca Ramírez, director of the Base Business Unit of Puerto Carúpano, declares that with extreme care they maintain commercial operations. During these weeks, the actions that ensure the entry of food and cement, as well as the export of sugar and steel bars, are increasing.
Similar preservation tasks are the focus of commercial activities, says the manager, who argues that all workers have means of protection, hand disinfectant, and are governed by protocols of International Health Control.
The staff over 60 years of age has taken advantage of the health provisions, so the rest of the group is in charge of the operations, which ensure economic vitality for the province and the country.
