A patient asks to be derived to the center of La Pedrera for rehabilitation

Neighbor Benirrama (Vall de Gallinera), Amadeo Alemany of 55 years, along with her two sisters have asked the leadership of the Hospital Marina Alta be forwarded to the Center La Pedrera to go there rehabilitation and not to be the envie to his home, which was the intention they had in the hospital.

Given the situation of helplessness, the relatives of this patient requested the support of the Platform for the Defense of Public Health of the Marina Alta, who came to mediate with the own manager of Marina Salud, Ángel Giménez. At the meeting held on Tuesday, the hospital representative has only pledged to study his case, according to the words of one of the sisters of the same affected.

The patient was admitted at the hospital on December 20 and underwent surgery last January 22 day after several strokes since joining. It is not worth it yourself and the loss of half of the vision of one eye and the visual field of the other adds. He walks with difficulty and suffering paralysis in one leg. Thus, it is very difficult to lead a normal life to live alone at home.

After surgery, practitioners ruled that the 93% had obstructed carotid. Since then, he has not suffered more strokes. The patient thinks only recover in the best way possible. He would request his transfer to La Pedrera as there is available a brain damage unit which can carry out its rehabilitation.

He himself, Amadeo Alemany said, "if they send me home rehabilitation will be much more complicated. Live more than 30 kilometers on a road that are not too good, even from an ambulance to pick me up, are 60 kilometers and I think that so soon could make rehabilitation"Alemany added,"I'm young, and that's more reason to take me to La Pedrera, because it could there recover".