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With the presence of the Minister of Defense, Armando Castaingdebat, the National Director of Military Health, General Hugo Rebollo, and authorities of Asse, a new Peripheral Care Center (CAP) was inaugurated in the department of Salto, number 16. The new facilities will have various specialists, including psychologists, to care for mental health, and will benefit more than 3 thousand Military Health users in the region.
In his opening speech, the Minister of Defense, Armando Castaingdebat, highlighted the importance of focusing on social issues, mental health and housing. "We came to Salto in May of this year and in six months the works of the new CAP were completed. I think that is the best demonstration that when there is will and desire, things get done."
«I am part of a government that came with a commitment to the military family, which is not only or does not go only through the material, the equipment, the armament or the part that is needed, but came with a very strong commitment to the social, because we are aware that the military family in Uruguay is more than 200,000, that they have dedicated a large part of their lives to this country and that unfortunately many of them are not doing well and that unfortunately the State has not only forgotten about them but in many cases has treated them badly,» added the Minister of Defense.
"During the tours we have made around the country, we realized that the Armed Forces have one of the highest suicide rates," said the minister. "And so we quickly began to work on something that was not easy and putting a very special emphasis on the issue of mental health. We also put a very important emphasis on the issue of housing," added Castaingdebat.
For his part, the National Director of Health of the Armed Forces, General Hugo Rebollo, stressed that "today, first of all, a project that had been ignored by health users for many years is being completed. It was requested and attempted to create a first-class care center."
He also highlighted the work of the 3rd Infantry Brigade in the construction of the new facilities "when so many times it carries out works in support of the community that are not for its own benefit, as in this case, schools, high schools, support for ASSE on various occasions."
Rebollo added that "specifically six months ago we were here with the Minister of Defense and we saw the possibility of supporting this type of work because it was necessary for the area and mainly for the users. When I talk about users I mean the family, the children, all the personnel, including retirees, all the users of Military Health, more than 3,000 here in Salto."
The director of Military Health also highlighted the importance of inter-institutional work, "the synergy of various actors who came together to make this Peripheral Care Center a reality and to make it a first-class center as we are witnessing the inauguration of today." The general thanked the Infantry Battalion No. 7 and the Mixed Technical Commission of Salta Grande for supporting the project.
"We hope that this center can speed up and improve. There cannot be problems with medications and there cannot be any problems either. These are basic specialties that they have here, but general medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, dentistry, and last night we were trying to finish with an issue that is so pending, that is so necessary, such as mental health, where today we can say that we also have psychologists in the center," added Rebollo.
